Heavenly Hope

¹³Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed.

1 Peter 1:13

How great it will be one day when that grace is lavished on us. Lately, God has actually been working more heavenly, eternal hope in my heart. For a long time, I honestly think I have been a little scared of heaven. I'm sure most of us- at least as kids?!- have wondered, "what will we do in heaven for all eternity?" But honestly, whether it is fear of God's judgment or distrust that heaven is actually what we are made for, a place where I can fully experience God's love and grace, I often still have the thoughts of "but God, I want to do (x, y, and z....) before heaven...." and I sometimes I've still wrestled through the doubts.

But lately, God has been reminding me that all the good, pure, creative, beautiful, loving things on earth are expressions of Him, and are foretastes of heaven. He's giving me hope for heaven, building assurance of the grace and love we have in him, and rooting me that nothing can take that away (Romans 8).

Earth is just practice for all eternity!