The view From heaven

The View From HeavenMy morning came like any other morning, but my mind still wrestling with the loss of my friend. The routine of my devotional led me to scripture. The routine consists it 3 books. The first is a book on prayer with Bible references. The 2nd book is a men’s devotional for the 365 days in this year, and the last is the Bible with a Psalm selection and a chapter from the book of Proverbs. Themes from these devotional tools are often similar but today they read like a preacher’s sermon. The sermon simply encouraged me to acknowledge my weakness in exchange God offers His strength. This sermon fresh in my head in the dark morning hours only emphasize how I have missed the perspective of the Divine. The reality of death and loss we all suffer in life never seem as big when one lets the thought of it all run through our mind. Once the force of it all hits, our view point tends to lower. The harder loss and strife hit the lower our viewpoint. Death hits me hard but the force of it overcomes me in waves like the small ripples on hitting the edge of a lake. This morning the waves were hitting me just like a wake from a speed boat. The force increased by afternoon to waves on the shore of the ocean. The pain came because my friend was much younger than me. This made my mind try to cope with his passing the same way I coped with my parents passing, only the thoughts of his young age and being part of the saints who are in the presence of God cheering us on based on the book of Hebrews 12:1 didnt jive with my previous view of those who had gone to Glory before me. I honestly thought I would have been there long before him. The matter of his early passing made me look to Jesus for peace. I was comforted by seeing the story of Lazarus the beggar found in Luke 16. The beggar was not denied by God but commended and once he died, he went to “heaven”. The rich man who knew Lazarus in life was not received into heaven. The story shows that those in hell could see into heaven. Thinking of people in hell didn’t comfort me but the truth of God and the Glory God will be revealed even by those who don’t know Him as their King. My friend being a believer in Jesus is engulfed with the hospitality of heaven like Lazarus. The one thing I loved about Leland was his opinion which in retrospect was his view points on life and ultimately God. We would discuss our viewpoints and learn how to adjust them as the Holy Spirit led us. The story of Lazarus in Luke 16 helps me to see that even though many will be saved and many will not be saved in the end of time and for eternity God will be glorified, and all will confess it. I am glad Lelands viewpoint is from a place of comfort in God.