longing

it is safe to say that i have longed for many things in this season: a more consistent job. a child. a house. a dog :). for our loans to be paid off. to be healed. no more pain. to sleep through an entire night consistently throughout the month. for my brother and some dear friends to be saved. but more than ever, i have longed for heaven with more longing than i ever have before...

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, and He will dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be among them, and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away." And He who sits on the throne said, "Behold, I am making all things new." And He said, "Write, for these words are faithful and true." Then He said to me, "It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to the one who thirsts from the spring of the water of life without cost. He who overcomes will inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be My son."

i can't even begin to imagine what heaven will be like. but it (ironically) brings tears to my eyes to know that God has promised me a place where i won't cry anymore! or long anymore. free from pain. no more illness! no more hurting the ones i love. but will live in perfect harmony with my God, and the ones i love most! oh come back even now Lord Jesus this minute! glory to God for promising me this place i don't deserve.