What Makes Heaven Heavenly - heaven is a perfect place of perfected people with our perfect Lord. Christ will have completed his redemptive work. You’ll love the result. We will feast in heaven. “There shall be no more curse.” Unlike he did in the Garden of Eden, Satan will not lurk in heaven’s gardens. He will not tempt; hence, you will not stumble. You will be you at your best forever. God’s sin purging discontinues all strife. No sin means no thieves, divorce, heartbreak and no boredom. Boredom emerges from soils that heaven disallows

“And there will be no more curse, but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His servants shall serve Him.” - (Revelation 22:3)

You will be you at your best forever. 

Even now you have your good moments. Occasional glimpses of your heavenly self. 

When you change your baby’s diaper, forgive your boss’ temper, tolerate your spouse’s moodiness, you display traces of saintliness.

It’s the other moments that sour life. 

Tongue, sharp as a razor. 

Moods as unpredictable as Mount Saint Helen’s. 

This part wearies you.

Just think what Satan has taken from you, even in the last few hours. 

You worried about a decision and envied someone’s success, dreaded a conversation and resented an interruption. 

He’s been prowling your environs all day, pick pocketing peace, joy, belly laughs, and honest love.

Rotten freebooter.

But his days are numbered. 

Unlike he did in the Garden of Eden, Satan will not lurk in heaven’s gardens. 

“There shall be no more curse” - (Revelation 22:3 NKJV). 

He will not tempt; hence, you will not stumble. 

You will be you at your best forever!

Christ will have completed his redemptive work. 

All gossip excised and jealousy extracted. 

He will suction the last drop of orneriness* from the most remote corners of our souls. 

You’ll love the result. 

No one will doubt your word, question your motives, or speak evil behind your back. 

God’s sin purging discontinues all strife.

No sin means no thieves, divorce, heartbreak, and no boredom. 

You won’t be bored in heaven, because you won’t be the same you in heaven. 

Boredom emerges from soils that heaven disallows.

The soil of weariness: our eyes tire. 

Mental limitations: information overload dulls us. 

Self-centeredness: we grow disinterested when the spotlight shifts to others. Tedium: meaningless activity siphons vigor.

But Satan will take these weedy soils to hell with him, leaving you with a keen mind, endless focus, and God-honoring assignments.

We might serve in the capacity we serve now. 

Couldn’t earthly assignments hint at heavenly ones?

Architects of Moscow might draw blueprints in the new Liverpool. 

We will feast in heaven; you may be a cook on Saturn.

God filled his first garden with plants and animals.

He’ll surely do the same in heaven. 

If so, he may entrust you with the care and feeding of an Africa or two.

One thing is for sure: you’ll love it! 

Never weary, selfish, or defeated. 

Clear mind, tireless, muscles, unhindered joy. 

Heaven is a perfect place of perfected people with our perfect Lord.

* orneriness 

Use the noun orneriness to talk about the quality of being stubborn. You might refuse to babysit a mean and obstinate child again after experiencing his orneriness.

When a person is ornery, he refuses to listen to reason and seems willfully determined to do the opposite of what you'd like him to do. You can talk about his orneriness when you're describing him to someone else. The root of orneriness, the adjective ornery, started as a regional pronunciation of the word ordinary, and its 1816 meaning was "commonplace, or of poor quality." Toward the end of the nineteenth century, the word came to mean "cantankerous or mean."

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By Max Lucado

From: 3:16, The Numbers of Hope

Max Lucado is a pastor, speaker, and best-selling author who, in his own words, “writes books for people who don’t read books.” He serves the people of Oak Hills Church in San Antonio, Texas, and his message is for the hurting, the guilty, the lonely, and the discouraged: God loves you; let him.

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