The other day Tristan was reading his story book bible for homework and he happened to pick the very last story which was about John's vision of heaven. There was a part in the story (and I'm sure the Bible) where it said that all of the pages in all of the books in all of the world would not be enough to describe what John saw in Heaven. Heaven is better than we could ever imagine.
Well Tristan could hardly contain his excitement! "So no matter what I imagine. And no matter how good I think Heaven is...it's better than that???!!"
So you know what he did? He started to imagine. He busted out his art supplies and started drawing what he thought it would be like. He'd run his pictures to wherever I was and let me know the story behind the picture and...that heaven was even better than that.
I guess what struck me was that in my 30 years of life, I cannot remember ever feeling this excited about Heaven. When I think about Heaven I think about death and about not wanting to die. I think about people I really love, who I prayed for and cried for, that are there and how I don't see them anymore. And so after my interaction with my 8-year-old...I realized there may be a better way to think about things. I didn't realize that my head and heart were believing different things...
What if death isn't scary? What if loved ones are in a better place than I can even imagine? What if the God that I serve- who created a place better than I could ever imagine is also better and more loving and more good and more wonderful than I could ever imagine?! And that my fears and limited thinking make him not as good as He actually is?
What if when it says, "let your kingdom come your will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven"- we should be believing for things way beyond our own limitations?? Heaven- a place greater than we can even imagine- to Earth. And we are part of bringing and spreading heaven wherever we go.
Holy crap I need a change in my thinking.