I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord. I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago . . . was caught up into paradise and heard things too sacred to be put into words, things that a person is not permitted to speak. (2 Corinthians 12:1, 2, 4)
“America is the best country, the very best. They take care of all the people.” After he heard my English, a man standing on a crowded bus in Albania praised my birth country. “I want to go to the USA, and see it with my eyes.”
“Here is Albania,” I said, as I held my finger and thumb a few centimeters apart. Then I slightly increased the visual gap. “And here is America.” Finally, I held my hands as far apart as my arms would allow and said, “And here is heaven. Wouldn’t you rather go to heaven?”
We are curiously reserved when discussing heaven, as if we’re embarrassed to speculate on its grandeur. There are aspects of heaven we are not meant to know about in this era. And humility must prevent us from stating fancy as fact. Still, we must also delight over the possibilities. Because our Father’s creativity is bigger than our imagination, there is no threat of overestimating the glory.
I see myself streaking across the universe with my favorite companion. Jesus takes me sixty-three million light years from earth to see the violet and amber luminance of the Antennae Galaxies. Because I have a spirit body, we pass through the molecules and a spray of colors unknown in my prior life bursts through my eyes.
My laughing King shows off his next wonder on the shimmering surface of a blue dwarf star, where we pause to hear a concert from seraphs. As master of the physics of time, I make a spiraling dive through epochs to join the Creator for a cool walk, in a place not unlike the unspoiled Garden of Eden. We lock arms and chat as we stroll through the sweet fragrance of jasmine and gardenia, while a train of curious panda bears, giraffes, and a stegosaurus, nudge us from behind.
It’s okay to get loopy from anticipation of our coming inheritance.
Prayer: Awesome Creator, keep me excited about your home.