04
Jun
2010
What's out there? PDF E-mail
As we finish our study of John 11 and the story of Lazarus I can't keep from wondering what those four days of being "dead" were like for Lazarus.  It reminds me of the scene in the movie "Field of Dreams" where the ball players come and go from the corn field.  At one point Ray wants to know "what's out there...beyond the corn"?  Shoeless Joe just smiles and we don't get any answers.  I wonder if Lazarus had that kind of smile as people asked him those questions.  Honestly, we don't know a lot about the "hereafter".  What we do know is WHO is present in the hereafter; the Son of God.  To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord.  Dare we speculate about the nature of the very long life we are looking forward to as believers?  Paul and John both had glimpses of "there" and wanted to go.  What's out there?  I'm looking forward to finding out Cool.  Any thoughts?
 

Comments 

 
#4 No Pain — Rhonda 2010-06-23 09:25
Chronic pain here makes me long for the day of no pain. Yet, God has a job for me here—to glorify Him. So many forget the work He has planned here & focus only on the joys of Heaven-balance is needed.
 
 
#3 Hope deferred — Lindsay Robertson 2010-06-16 18:37
Since "hope deferred makes the heart sick" I wonder if perhaps knowing the greatness of heaven would make us too unsatisfied with life here.
 
 
#2 Lookin better by the day — Dan R Maguire Jr 2010-06-12 18:20
I remember as a child, adults speaking longingly about Heaven - I didn't get it.
It makes sense now and my sense of longing is growing.
I'm a stranger here, it's said best in I pet 3:9-12
 
 
#1 "Better by Far" — Bart 2010-06-08 18:53
This is how Paul described it. I truly love this world (not the spirit of the age) but the creation itself. And, since this world will be the seed of the next, it will truly be amazing. God is good.
 

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