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by Katherine Kehler

He has put eternity in their heartsEcclesiastes 3:11b

When my brother learned he had Lou Gehrig disease, (a terminal, progressive, motor neuron disease also known as A.L.S) his plans changed. He and his wife, June, had planned to buy a house and start a business and we spent many evenings with them discussing the details of their plans and dreams. But God had another plan for their lives. And it was good!

After the medical tests confirmed Frank had A.L.S., the topic of our conversations changed. Frank had heaven on his mind. Of course, he was concerned about June’s well being and who would look after her when he was gone. But the Lord strengthened him in an amazing way. One of the ways was by giving him a vision of a huge angel (thirty stories tall) who would protect her.

We spent our evenings watching the Gaither’s . Many songs they sang were about heaven and heaven was on our minds.

During the last few years of Frank’s life, I read two significant books on heaven: one by Joni Eareckson and the other by C.S. Lewis. Both books helped broaden my heavenly perspective. We know and think so little about our future home.

Last week I received an email from Betty who felt that something was missing in her life. She loved the Lord and served Him wholeheartedly, but still, something was missing. She didn’t realize that she was missing home – heaven. Like all of us, she is on a journey. Earth is not our final destination – we are just passing through. We will never feel totally at home here, because heaven is our home.

I know that now, but when my mother died, I knew she was in heaven, but I wasn’t sure of where I would be spending eternity. How about you? Are you sure you will go to heaven when you die? If not, why don’t you write to me. I will share with you what I learned about being confident of my future destiny with God.

Frank was sure and was looking forward to heaven. You can be too.

Father, this world is not our home. We are on a journey to be with You. So often we forget. My desire and prayer is, Lord, that all the people who read this devotional will know with absolute certainty that when they die, they will be in heaven with You. Amen.

You can comment on this devotional online at:
https://thoughts-about-god.com/blog/2012/03/18/kk_heaven-on-my-mind/

Thoughts by All thoughts by Katherine Kehler Thoughts by Women

by Sylvia Gunter

Have you ever noticed a couple who have been married for many years?  They have truly become one.  They finish each others sentences.  At a restaurant they look down the menu and can tell you what the other person will order.  They start smiling when their spouse begins to a story, because they know the punch line is going to be good.  They even start looking more and more like one another. It is hard to know where one of them starts and the other stops.

James Houston once said “Prayer is keeping company with God, and we become like the One with whom we keep company.”  That is the invitation: to spend time in the presence of the One who beckons us to the life-changing friendship called prayer.  Jesus kept company with His Father while here on earth.  Seven times Luke records Jesus praying: at His baptism (3:21), often (5:16), all night before choosing the twelve to be with Him (6:12), privately (9:18), before His transfiguration (9:28), in an accustomed place (11:1), in the garden (22:41-44), and from the cross (23:34).

That is my passion for me and for you.  I want us to get up close to Him in His Word long enough that we see it not as a theological treatise or an object of study, but as opportunity to deepen our relationship as a friend of God.  I want us to break out in praise to our holy, holy, holy, yet-oh-so-personal God, search our souls by the light of the Holy Spirit, share our hurts and fears and run for refuge to our Keeper, and draw closer to Jesus in pure devotion.

God desires an intimate relationship with us. God beckons us deeper into His heart, and we must not hold back.  We need the personal resolve of Joshua who said, “As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”  We ask for God-given vision birthed in prayer, God-given ministry based on prayer, and God-permeated mission completely depending on Him.  Then our lives will bear the imprint of His character in light, peace, joy, power, and truth.

As we continue on this journey with God through the years, people will begin to notice that level of oneness in us. As we soak in His Word and allow it to become a part of us, we can finish His “sentences.”  We will smile in the middle of the story God is unfolding, because we know the punch line is going to be good.  And people will begin to say, “You know, they even look like each other.

Question: Are you asking the Lord for a more intimate relationship with Him?

You can comment on this devotional online at:
https://thoughts-about-god.com/blog/2012/03/17/sg_beyond-believing/
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