At Quest Camp we got a boatload of wonderful scriptures to study out. Our first full day was on Monday. What a day! Where to begin? Well... let's start at the beginning... God was gracious and woke me up in the morning feeling rested. The first time in a LONG time. So, I'm sure some of the tired feelings I have is from stress. On Monday we studied out Heaven. It's always much easier when it's written out for me to study out for a quiet time with God.
So, Heaven....
What do you look forward to? (vacation, trip, birthday, concert, sports game, etc) and why do you look forward to it?
I look forward to everything listed and more. Usually this is because I'm excited about what could happen. Excited about the fun I'll have. I was very excited before I went to camp, and rightfully so, I totally enjoyed myself.
When you imagine heaven, what is it like?
Being totally surrounded by love, caring, warm emotions. No pain and lots of fun.
Rev 21:1 Then I saw "a new heaven and a new earth," [a] for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. 2 I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Look! God's dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. 4 'He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death' [b] or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away."
5 He who was seated on the throne said, "I am making everything new!" Then he said, "Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true."
6 He said to me: "It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water without cost from the spring of the water of life. 7 Those who are victorious will inherit all this, and I will be their God and they will be my children. 8 But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death."
The New Jerusalem, the Bride of the Lamb
9 One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and said to me, "Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb." 10 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God. 11 It shone with the glory of God, and its brilliance was like that of a very precious jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal. 12 It had a great, high wall with twelve gates, and with twelve angels at the gates. On the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. 13 There were three gates on the east, three on the north, three on the south and three on the west. 14 The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
Unfortunately, I'm out of time. The doorbell rang and woke up one of the daycare kids, extremely early.
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