Face to Face

Read Revelation 21:15-27

And I saw no temple therein; for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. Revelation 21:22 (KJV)

Over ten years ago, my mother passed away. After struggling with various illnesses for more than a decade, she passed away due to heart and lung failure early on a Saturday morning. While I would never wish that she were still here as sick as she was, I do miss the mother and grandmother that she could have been had her health not failed her. She has missed the lives of all eight of her grandchildren and so many more things.

When I go home to see my Dad, I occasionally think about taking my oldest children out to her grave, but I usually don’t because I know that she is not there…just her body is. I know that I will have to wait for eternity to see her again, for in eternity, all things will be made complete. Just as we worship a risen Savior here on earth, in eternity we will worship Him face to face.

“If you read history, you will find that the Christians who did the most for this present world are just the ones who thought the most of the next.” C.S. Lewis