HEAVEN Already?

Heaven Already? It seems like only yesterday I was 6 years old when I accepted Jesus into my heart in Summer Bible School in the very little town of Cable Wisconsin.  
​"Ok then, I am still here doncha know" <--Minnesota Speak but there will be a day when I will say Heaven already?
Truth is no matter if I had made the trip to Heaven as a child or if I am cut down in the 'prime of life' at age of 100.. it is a relative thing. 

So Heaven already?.. is the appropriate question with eternity in mind when my time arrives.

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This side of Heaven is a drop in the ocean of eternity.  Imagine life free from this broken planet of pain, strife..  and certainly no 24/7 News Channels/Shows!  That all by itself sounds like Heaven.

It was Just a year ago my mom at age 88 passed away and the answer to the question 'Heaven Already?' was NOW.  Maybe not on a Stair-lift to Heaven through the clouds, but I still hear Heaven is great.

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- can't you just hear the Led Zeppelin Worship Band playing?

In Heaven is my mom with no more pain, glasses, hearing aides, diabetes, walker.  This makes me smile.

This makes me ponder my Heaven Already day. No more back pain, bi-focals, hearing aides, arthritis, or any of the many other ailments I am prone to mumble about. I think I have even been operating for a few years with my personal 'check engine light on'. 
So on my Heaven Already Day I will be..  Jeff 2.0  I can't wait for the upgrade!

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Thankfully Heaven is not like my cartoon world of Heaven where everyone is halo'd up and wearing white robes (a daunting laundry robe task I am sure) while wandering around in clouds.  Good news, I am pretty certain Heaven is much better. 

In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?  John 14:2 
‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. Mt 25:34 
He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.” Revelation 21:4 
But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, which God decreed before the ages for our glory. None of the rulers of this age understood this, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. But, as it is written,”What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him” 1 Corinthians 2:7-9 

While these scriptures do not dismiss the pain and suffering of the dying, nor discounts our grieving hearts, but the promise of Heaven will be realized for all who love God.  

May God bless and comfort each of you with this unimaginable promise of Heaven. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. Colossians 3:2

​Jeff (on a holding pattern) Larson

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