For the most part, I've been aging with a pretty good attitude. I've already lived longer than many of my relatives and friends, and I'm looking forward to my retirement years (which could be as few as five years away or as many as 13). The only frustration has been my physical deterioration. I miss playing competitive basketball, running at a good pace, lifting heavy weights and even climbing trees or doing flips on the lawn.
So this morning as I drove to work, I felt a surge of envy when I saw a middle-aged man with no shirt and lots of muscles running quickly down Asbury Avenue. Almost immediately, however, God caught hold of this envy and I felt repentant.
He must have been pleased, as my eyes seemed to open and I had this feeling of bliss - as if I was given a small taste of heaven. Has this ever happened to you? It has for me, and each time is just as wonderful.
As I finished my drive, I was completely in the moment, not only noticing various people as they walked to school or to work, but yearning to get to know them, to share my blissful state of being.
That's how I believe part of heaven will be - getting to know and love every person who has ever lived and who has been saved by Christ. Every single one!
Now that makes eternity sound very intriguing to me.
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