Longing To Be Together Again
If you have loved ones already in Heaven and you miss them dearly, don't let anyone make you feel guilty for longing to see them again. Has this ever happened to you?
Have you ever tried to express how much you're looking forward to seeing your mom again or your dad or your spouse or maybe even a dog or a cat, or maybe an old friend that you lost to cancer or an automobile accident? And then after expressing that longing to then have someone who is obviously such a better christian than you are, so much closer to the Lord than you are, so much better at walking the walk of faith than you are, say something like, "Well, I don't care about any of that. I'm just longing to be with Jesus." As if you aren't longing the same, but somehow have lost your sight of what's really important about Heaven. As if to say, "If you really loved the Lord Jesus, you wouldn't give 2 craps about anything or anyone else that's up there."
Has that ever happened to you? I've got great news for you.
Jesus doesn't expect you or anyone else to feel that way. If Jesus thought you should feel that way, then why does He bring our loved ones with Him when He comes to pick us up according to 1st Thessalonians 4:13-18?
When He comes back to get us outta here, He doesn't just come by Himself and pick us up to take us to Heaven where our loved ones are waiting for us. That's NOT how this goes down!
When He comes back to get us, He brings our departed loved ones with Him!! He does this not only because of how much we miss them, but because of how much THEY miss us! Don't you think Jesus hears them every day talk about how much they miss us and long to be reunited with us?
So in love to them, and in love to us, Jesus brings us together as fast as He possibly can, which the Bible says will happen in the twinkling of an eye according to 1st Corinthians 15:51-54.
Jesus wants to be in the big middle of all of this! Jesus is the One who created this family! Jesus is the One who gave you that mom or dad that you're missing so much! Or the wife or husband, the best friend, the son, the daughter, or the dog or cat that He created to love you and to be loved by you. Jesus wants to bring everyone back together where they belong. And this is going to be the family reunion to end all family reunions!
It's OK to look forward to that. It's OK to long for that. That's what you're supposed to do.
Have you ever tried to express how much you're looking forward to seeing your mom again or your dad or your spouse or maybe even a dog or a cat, or maybe an old friend that you lost to cancer or an automobile accident? And then after expressing that longing to then have someone who is obviously such a better christian than you are, so much closer to the Lord than you are, so much better at walking the walk of faith than you are, say something like, "Well, I don't care about any of that. I'm just longing to be with Jesus." As if you aren't longing the same, but somehow have lost your sight of what's really important about Heaven. As if to say, "If you really loved the Lord Jesus, you wouldn't give 2 craps about anything or anyone else that's up there."
Has that ever happened to you? I've got great news for you.
Jesus doesn't expect you or anyone else to feel that way. If Jesus thought you should feel that way, then why does He bring our loved ones with Him when He comes to pick us up according to 1st Thessalonians 4:13-18?
When He comes back to get us outta here, He doesn't just come by Himself and pick us up to take us to Heaven where our loved ones are waiting for us. That's NOT how this goes down!
When He comes back to get us, He brings our departed loved ones with Him!! He does this not only because of how much we miss them, but because of how much THEY miss us! Don't you think Jesus hears them every day talk about how much they miss us and long to be reunited with us?
So in love to them, and in love to us, Jesus brings us together as fast as He possibly can, which the Bible says will happen in the twinkling of an eye according to 1st Corinthians 15:51-54.
Jesus wants to be in the big middle of all of this! Jesus is the One who created this family! Jesus is the One who gave you that mom or dad that you're missing so much! Or the wife or husband, the best friend, the son, the daughter, or the dog or cat that He created to love you and to be loved by you. Jesus wants to bring everyone back together where they belong. And this is going to be the family reunion to end all family reunions!
It's OK to look forward to that. It's OK to long for that. That's what you're supposed to do.
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