We have no idea just how long forever is. Yet, we use the word often when our impatience reaches a level where we are about to explode. Me when I am ready to go somewhere that we have to be at a certain time and my wife is running late, “Hurry up! You are taking forever!” Forever was when I was a kid sitting in a church service, and the preacher went on and on and on. Or forever is sitting in a meeting that is boring, utterly useless and the boss won’t shut up. Forever is the year a fifteen year old is waiting for the day that he reaches sixteen, and he can get his driver's license. Forever is when the excruciating pain persists day after day for months. At the time all of these experiences seem to creep at a snail's pace, and we don’t think we can endure another minute without screaming. But in our world where we are bound by time constraints there is an end.
Have you ever thought how wonderful it would be if there were never any deadlines, no place where you had to be at 8 o’clock in the morning, or any part of your life where you were not restricted by the clock? Well, there is a place where there are no clocks, and no deadlines that must be met. That place, of course, is heaven. Heaven is a place where we can correctly use the word forever. God is a forever God.
The Bible says, “For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.” God is a forever loving Father. We will always, forever, be aware of his love. In heaven we will be free from the restraints of age, forever. We will be forever without pain. We will be alive forever. We will not worry, forever. We will be free from the destructive ravages of sin, forever. And my wife will never be late again, forever. I think we are going to get used to that glorious word “Forever”!
amen!!!!
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