As we cope with the real world, it helps to keep an eternal perspective, not one that can see no farther than today's pain. ~Barbara Johnson
Longing for Home
Sometimes it's hard to keep an eternal perspective, isn't it? It's difficult to see past today's pain. Grief can be overwhelming. Sorrow can be devastating. Difficulties can seem insurmountable. If this life is all there is, then we would have little reason to hope.
Barbara Johnson challenges us to keep an eternal perspective, a focus on the promises of God for our forever home. We don't know exactly what it will look like, how it will feel, what we will do, but it's enough to know that God promises a place with no more death or mourning or crying or pain. Eternity in heaven with him will be more wonderful than our minds can even begin to imagine.
As we struggle here on earth, it helps to remember we won't be staying long. We're just passing through. We're on our way home.
"So we do not lose heart. Even though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day. For this slight momentary affliction is preparing us for an eternal weight of glory beyond all measure, because we look not at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen; for what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal." 2 Cor. 4:16-18
(Unfortunately, I copied this a long time ago and no longer know the source document.)
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