‘I’m just a stranger here, heaven is my home.’ Thomas R. Taylor. As Christians we know that heaven is our final destination. For some of us life is desperately hard and dangerous while for others it is quite pleasant. But whatever kind of life we have, we’re just passing through.
My friend and I were texting each other in a series of messages as we thought about heaven. We are both blessed to have good lives but our attitudes were different. One of us was happy to rest and wait for the Lord’s to call her home; the other was waiting impatiently. Same beliefs, different attitudes neither are right or wrong.
I can imagine God kindly shaking His head and saying ‘My beloved daughters, there are still tasks for you both to do on earth. You will be in heaven on the day that I chose.’ It reminds me of Paul’s words in Phil 1:23-24 ‘I desire to depart and be with Christ which is better by far, but it is more necessary for you that I remain in the body.’ We sometimes casually say that there is still work for us to do here. That is true, Christians never retire, they die in harness. Let us work and patiently wait.