Tag: heaven

Heaven is imagined to be many different things by many different people, yet scripture guarantees the glory of heaven is worship of the LORD forever. Scripture also describes heaven as Holy. Christ Jesus IS the only way we will live to worship God in heaven forever.

  • A Picture of Heaven – Chapter 13

    “Ashes to ashes, dust to dust…” echoed the near-silent words of the graveside. I thought of the stark contrast of the graveside scene to the love and glory of the depiction of Heaven in the little girl’s picture.  I smiled with joy. “Amen,” the words of the graveside service confirmed in my heart. They now seemed…

  • A Picture of Heaven – Chapter 12

    A moment of silence… We were asked to stand as the music began once more in our surroundings of the darkened church. It seemed sadder than before. I looked toward a glimmer of sun breaking through a window and reflecting off the brass cross on the altar. I looked down at a hymnal … to…

  • A Picture of Heaven – Chapter 11

    (For those of you who missed our last episode, these are the roaming thoughts of a man at a funeral.) QUOTES from: “Ten Shekels and a Shirt,” Paris Reidhead, (1919-1992) Sermon on Judges 17, c.1945-47 For a long time, I had thought about the missionary’s words, yet hadn’t thought of it again until now.  I…