‘When I see Thee as Thou art, I’ll praise Thee as I ought.’ I know that these words are old-fashioned (well, they were written at turn of the 18th century) but the meaning is perfectly clear. It reminds us of how shallow and weak is our own praise and adoration of God when He has done so much for us. In the words of another hymn ‘Love so amazing, so divine, demands my soul, my life, my all.’
‘Blessed are the things that are unseen. John 20:28-29. Oh, its all quotes today! We are very much living in this world. ‘I see the sights that dazzle, the tempting sounds I hear’, from the hymn ‘Oh Jesus I have promised written by John Ernest Bode. To us thoughts of a future heaven seem very much in the future, maybe 50,40,30 or 20 years away.
But the prospects of heaven are as real, if not more real, than life here and now. We only see things through a veil now, but then face to face. We never know when the date will be when we leave this life and enter the next. Daily, we need to be ready, we must not lose our expectation of heaven, it’s just round the corner. Imagine, no more pain, that would be welcome; no more partings, they are so sad.