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       My Heaven
   DIR By: Psalmist
       Date: June 5, 2015, 2:55 pm
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       I've always pictured the New Jerusalem as a real city, as well
       as a symbolic and spiritual reality.  A beautiful city (not like
       our cities) where nature is an intricate part of it, and all
       people live in harmony, with no need for locks on doors or
       fences to keep people out.  Children and animals can wander with
       no threat to them, because they are loved by all, known by all,
       one collective, extended family.  Libraries with all the best
       books from our world (we'll read of our long-ago tribulations
       and be reminded how blessed we are to be where we have come to
       be), cafes with great food, parks, theater, museums and places
       set up simply for the pleasure of learning.  Perfect lighting as
       God provides, no need for sleep, only quiet, contemplative rest.
       No traffic, because we think of where we want to be and arrive.
       Or we walk the old way, if we wish to experience along the way.
       Places for the arts where people paint and dance and create.
       A river flows through the city, crystal clear, trees on its
       banks with every kind of healing fruit.  It's warm and every
       rain is gentle and life-giving.  Colors we've never seen and
       music that speaks to our soul.  One soul, for we are all one.
       Outside the city is every wonder.  Wild places that offer no
       threat, where we'll see animals peacefully grazing, side by
       side, lions, zebras, horses, bears, deer-- space for all of
       God's creatures, great and small, to live in peace.  Birds fill
       the air, and even the fish rise to greet us.  No longer do the
       animals run in fear as we approach, but they look up in
       recognition, because they know us as we know them.  Creeks flow
       in melody, and even the rocks sing of the joy of all that is.
       The mountains and plains and all vistas in the far distance
       offer endless exploration of God's creative good.  To see,
       touch, smell, hear, and taste everything is a delight, and our
       senses are greater, heightened, infinitely kinder.
       There are no places of worship, because every breath of all that
       lives is in constant praise and wonder of God who has brought us
       back to His very heart.  And, of course, we see Jesus, face to
       face, we visit with His Mother and all the glorious saints of
       old. Time never runs out, so there will always be tomorrow.  We
       can visit all the people we ever loved here on earth, and youth
       is an eternal thing; no more sorrow, no more pain.  Everyone
       casts the light of God's glory, and there are countless new
       relationships to be had, yet our most loved from old earth will
       always be special to us, because they shared with us and helped
       us through what once was, when we were the poor fallen children
       of Eve.
       The heavens sing and we journey forth, but know we may always
       return to the city of our Lord, to the vast and ever-changing
       Kingdom of Light, of our God.
       Yes, I believe the Kingdom is a place prepared by God for all
       who love Him, as well as a people, prepared and made ready.
       How we yearn for home.
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