And it is beautiful. As I come around a big bend in the road, I get a panorama view of how the slanted rays of the evening sun turn the sea golden, and the lush greenness of summer Norway is at its most becoming. I can’t help but to think, in such moments, that if the earth can be as incredible as this, what will heaven be like? God has promised us a place where everything is made new. A place where He has removed everything that is pain, sorrow and darkness on this earth, where everything will be joy and peace, and all our thirsts will be quenched. It fills my heart with both a longing, but also with a gratitude to Him who created such beauty for us to live in and enjoy even now, before heaven! It makes me think of a few verses from the Bible, and a description of heaven:
“And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God.
He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away."
He who was seated on the throne said, "I am making everything new!" Then he said, "Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true."
He said to me: "It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To him who is thirsty I will give to drink without cost from the spring of the water of life.”
Revelations 21, 3 – 6.
