Heaven

Heaven

Spelled Pronunciation [hev-uh n]
–noun
1.the abode of God, the angels, and the spirits of the righteous after death; the place or state of existence of the blessed after the mortal life.
2.(initial capital letter ) Often, Heavens. the celestial powers; God.
3.a metonym for God (used in expressions of emphasis, surprise, etc.): For heaven's sake!
4.heavens,
a.(used interjectionally to express emphasis, surprise, etc.): Heavens, what a cold room!
b.(used with a singular verb ) a wooden roof or canopy over the outer stage of an Elizabethan theater.

5.Usually, heavens. the sky, firmament, or expanse of space surrounding the earth.
6.a place or state of supreme happiness: She made his life a heaven on earth.


In the beginning, there were the heavens and the earth. God created the heavens first. He might have done that out of His profound mercy for us that we would have a home after this earthly one. His love for us surpassed even His creating us. He knew we would need a place to be after these earthly bodies failed. He knew we would choose to disobey Him and turn away from Him. And still, He created the heavens and the earth. That is some kind of love.

Because we can understand that the love He has for us is there in spite of what we do to go against His plan, we try to understand what the place, heaven, might be like.
Some of us have picture is our heads of angels playing harps to their hearts content. Some of us have a favorite thing that we imagine might be there in abundance. Some still might have visions of healing comfort, eternal peace. Though these things might be the truth, we really have no idea what it will be like. Eye has not seen, ear has not heard what God has ready for those who love Him. 1Cor 2:9
As the children sing:

Heaven is a wonderful place,
Filled with glory and grace,
I want to see my Savior’s face,
Yes, heaven is a wonderful place.
I wanna to go there!

The children want to go, though they barely have enough understanding to want to go. How do they know? We have all been created like a jigsaw puzzle with a piece missing. We go along day by day doing and being, but we feel the absence of that one piece. Some of us look to money to fill the space. Others search through food or power or lust or one of the many other vices that tend to take us nowhere. As we age, we begin to see more and more references to that idyllic place called heaven, thereby increasing our desire to go there as well. If we begin to search out God’s word, we find that all the answers and the ticket to heaven have already been given. All we have to do is say Amen. Amen to Our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen to His request of loving God with all of our hearts, with all of our minds, with all of our souls.
It is as simple as, “Amen.” It is as Peter tells us,…. we have been given a new birth unto hope which draws itself from the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead; a birth to an imperishable inheritance, incapable of fading or defilement, which is kept in heaven for you who are guarded with God’s power.
1 Peter 1:4
Heaven is a wonderful place filled with glory and grace. Wanna go there?