How Beautiful Heaven Must Be

How Beautiful Heaven Must Be

From my back porch, I have an unobstructed view of the rainforest of Puerto Rico. It is amazing to watch the rain roll into the tops of the mountains and to hear the coqui frogs at night. I haven’t travelled much so I can only imagine all the glorious creations of God that many of you have seen.

If I could ask you, you might tell me of snow-capped mountains, clear blue oceans, waterfalls, lakes, streams, or beautiful meadows. Such beauty everywhere!

Every now and again, I come across a thought so well said, that I have to write it down. Some time ago I found one such thought.

“If God hath made this world so fair, Where sin and death abound, How beautiful, beyond compare, Will paradise be found!”

The poet is saying, if you think that things are beautiful down here, wait till you get to heaven. You will be amazed and speechless.

The Apostle John saw heaven and In Revelation 22:1–5, wrote that he saw, 

“A pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb. In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month. There shall be no night there: They need no lamp nor light of the sun, for the Lord God gives them light. And they shall reign forever and ever.”

Imagine seeing that stream flowing from the throne of God. Imagine seeing the throne of God. We will get to see the tree of life. We will see countless angels all around. 

The sun will never set in heaven because no sun is needed. God is the light of heaven. One thing that will be absent from heaven is a cemetery. There will not be a single grave in heaven, for there is no death there.

I want to go there. I have people waiting for me. I’ll bet you do too.

Lonnie Davis