Heavenly Love

No one living on this earth has ever been to heaven, despite all of the books they try to sell us. But it is possible to figure out what heaven will be like just by reading the Bible. Today we will just focus on one aspect of heaven - love.

Before we get started however, let's remember where we are right now, at this very moment. We live in a fallen world filled with hurt, betrayal, cheating, deception, distrust, pain, suffering, sickness, anguish, torment, sin, death and war. Wonderful, right? In heaven, none of these things will be there.

Here's our first clue as to what heaven will be like:

"God is love." - 1 John 4:8

Heaven will be filled with God's love. It will be like sunshine in a cloudless sky afyer a lifetime of storms.There will be NONE of the wordly things mentioned in paragraph two above. Can you imagine what it will be like if 100% of heaven's residents love you? Every last one! Unconditionally and sacrificially, all the time. Forever.

"He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death, or mourning, or crying, or pain." - Revelation 21:4

Heaven, and our hearts, will be filled with love. We only get a hint of that love here on earth.

“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another." - John 13:34

Think of someone in your life who hurt you. You used to talk all the time but now there's just silence. What happened? Someone removed what once was a loving relationship and replaced it with awkwardness and distrust. Who would do such a thing?

Satan.

(Now THERE is someone you won't find in heaven)

Do you think it's possible to be loved too much? I don't. Let the love pile up in a neverending supply. I think the human heart is capable of holding an infinite amount of love.

Sadly, the human heart is ALSO capable of holding large quantities of hatred as well. While true in THIS world, people with those hearts will not be in heaven. Our faith in Jesus gives us a new heart.

"I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh." - Ezekiel 36:26

It's like the Beatles said, "All you need is love." And where does love come from?

"Love comes from God." - 1 John 4:7

And where is God? Mhmm.🙂

Heaven is going to be wonderful!