A multiplying of delight and happiness

            This is what Jonathan Edwards said about people in Heaven:

“As they increase in the knowledge of God and the works of God,

the more they will see of his excellency;

and the more they see of his excellency… the more they will love him;

and the more they love God,

the more delight and happiness… will they have in him.”

            I’ve been reading Randy Alcorn’s book, Heaven, and it keeps prodding more thoughts about where I am headed. What a relief – and joy! –  to have something to be looking forward to past this life and for eternity.

            I’ve been thinking about the Carpenter who is lovingly building me a home - specifically designed for me! I am confident that the One who made me (with all my characteristics, talents, likes, and quirks) will have all kinds of delightful surprises for me and I can’t wait for Him to give me a tour of this magnificent place He has just for me!! I’m certain that for a few millennia I’m going to be busy with the grand piano that will be in my music room! I’ll be playing my heart out for my Audience of One with all kinds of music, including my own.

            The quote from this morning just continues those thoughts and dreams. Sometimes you feel like life is just – hard. And it is! Not always, I know, but definitely there are seasons of hard.

            But even in those seasons we can see God – and His excellency! For the Bible tells us truth in the statement “God is good and what He does is good.” Do I always understand it? No. Do I always like it? No! But then again, I am only seeing the bottom of the tapestry and the tangled pieces of thread – not the glorious picture He is making. (Hmmm – I wonder if that tapestry might be hanging on a wall in my new home ~ to remind me of how God wove my life and how He sees me…)

            Right now, here in life, when I choose to set my eyes on Him – and not get bogged down in the hard – it truly does magnify God’s wisdom and beauty and excellency - which in turns produces more love of my Abba. How very kind of God to allow all of that to give me delight and happiness!