I have a like-hate relationship with endings.
Sometimes endings can be really great. There are things that I really want to end, like an argument, an illness, or an awkward party where I have no one to talk to because everybody is 40+. Other times, I like an ending because it will lead to new beginnings, as winter leads to spring, or as the first book in a good series leads to the second.
But, most of the time,endings are really sad. I don't like when our week at the beach has ended and we have to leave, when I finish reading the last book in the series, or when an absolutely lovely day with some of my best friends is over and everybody has to go home. While some endings are bad simply because it's an ending of something fun, the worst endings are when people leave.
I wish I could always be with the people that I love.
I don't like goodbyes.
I don't like going away.
I don't like the feeling that being together forever is how it should be, yet sin and sadness makes it so that we're not.
And, from that you can surmise that I really don't like death, either.
I don't like death. I am truly blessed to have never experienced losing a loved one to the curse of this world. But just as everything else ends, I know this life will end too.
It sounds awfully hopeless, doesn't it? It could be, except that I have hope in my Redeemer, and I know He's going to come back to take me to a place where nothing ever ends. Nothing will hurt, nobody will say goodbye, and it will be for eternity. I will be with all God's chosen people, praising Him forever and ever.
This life is usually looked upon as an ending. I just said it myself, in this life, on this earth, everything ends. You'll continue to say goodbye, to deal with endings, and to struggle through the pain of the deaths. Even when you have the hope of Savior, and the knowledge of Heaven, it's still hard.
But, I don't view this life as an ending. It's the beginning.
Everything good and beautiful here will be a hundred times better in Heaven. The colors, the tastes, the sensations, the laughter, the praise, and the joy will all be made perfect. Everything will be good, just like it was meant to be. Our lives here will seem like such short trials compared to the glory and the abundant beauty of the house of our Father. We will dance and sing and magnify Him, and it will never end. We will be filled with joy and nothing will take it away. And it will be for eternity.
Eternity is a really long time. Guess what? Eternity is so long, that it never ends! What a blessed hope we have!
Sometimes endings can be really great. There are things that I really want to end, like an argument, an illness, or an awkward party where I have no one to talk to because everybody is 40+. Other times, I like an ending because it will lead to new beginnings, as winter leads to spring, or as the first book in a good series leads to the second.
But, most of the time,endings are really sad. I don't like when our week at the beach has ended and we have to leave, when I finish reading the last book in the series, or when an absolutely lovely day with some of my best friends is over and everybody has to go home. While some endings are bad simply because it's an ending of something fun, the worst endings are when people leave.
I wish I could always be with the people that I love.
I don't like goodbyes.
I don't like going away.
I don't like the feeling that being together forever is how it should be, yet sin and sadness makes it so that we're not.
And, from that you can surmise that I really don't like death, either.
I don't like death. I am truly blessed to have never experienced losing a loved one to the curse of this world. But just as everything else ends, I know this life will end too.
It sounds awfully hopeless, doesn't it? It could be, except that I have hope in my Redeemer, and I know He's going to come back to take me to a place where nothing ever ends. Nothing will hurt, nobody will say goodbye, and it will be for eternity. I will be with all God's chosen people, praising Him forever and ever.
This life is usually looked upon as an ending. I just said it myself, in this life, on this earth, everything ends. You'll continue to say goodbye, to deal with endings, and to struggle through the pain of the deaths. Even when you have the hope of Savior, and the knowledge of Heaven, it's still hard.
But, I don't view this life as an ending. It's the beginning.
Everything good and beautiful here will be a hundred times better in Heaven. The colors, the tastes, the sensations, the laughter, the praise, and the joy will all be made perfect. Everything will be good, just like it was meant to be. Our lives here will seem like such short trials compared to the glory and the abundant beauty of the house of our Father. We will dance and sing and magnify Him, and it will never end. We will be filled with joy and nothing will take it away. And it will be for eternity.
Eternity is a really long time. Guess what? Eternity is so long, that it never ends! What a blessed hope we have!
"And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be His people, and God Himself will be with them as their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away." (Revelations 21:3-4)
Oh, how I long for Heaven. I long to be out of this world and away from the hurt, the anger, the hate, the sin. I want the endings to end. But when I look to God's Word I see that all these endings that I dislike are only the beginning.
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