Maybe I’m not supposed to say that. But it does.
Anytime I can’t wrap my mind around something, I have this reaction.
Take space. Space boggles my mind. The fact that you could get in a rocket ship with never-ending fuel and literally fly for-ever? You wouldn’t run into some sort of wall? That’s crazy. And that’s just space. A place people have actually explored.
When it comes to boggling the mind, heaven is like space on steroids.
Last Friday, my good friend Wendy Miller asked a very Wendy-like question. I say Wendy-like, because if you know this woman, you know the waters run deep. And pretty much everything that comes out of her mouth is either encouraging or thought-provoking or hilarious.
So anyway. Her thought-provoking question on Friday was: Righteous anger or no anger?
Which led to: Will there be anger in heaven?
Which led to: No, there won’t. Because God’s righteous anger results from sin and there won’t be sin in heaven.
Which led to my mind being boggled.
Here are just a few things about heaven that strain my brain:
- Heaven is eternal. Everybody knows the song, Amazing Grace, right? In it, there’s a verse that goes: When we’ve been there, ten thousand year. Bright shining as the sun. We’ve no less days, to sing God’s praise, than when we first begun. Which is amazing, don’t get me wrong. But also crazy.
- What will we do in heaven? I know we’ll worship God. But is this all we’ll do?
- There won’t be mourning in heaven. But how is this possible when we realize certain people aren’t there? Won’t we realize where they are? And won’t that make us mourn?
- What will our relationships be like in heaven? There’s a verse in one of the gospels where Jesus says we won’t be married in heaven. We’ll be like the angels. So what will my relationship with my husband be like when I get to heaven?
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