The Doorway Into Our Father's Home

In heaven, we shall be free... 

• from tears of anguish, despair, and frustration. 
• ...life carries with it more pain than pleasure. 
• For many of God’s children, the most bitter tears are those shed inwardly or alone 
• where no one else sees the agony of our spirits. 
• What a delightful deliverance to be free of such anguished moments!

In heaven there is no more death.  

• Because of the power of our Father's eternal presence...
• and because of what Christ accomplished at Calvary, 
• death cannot exist.  
• For us who know God as our Father... 
• death is but the doorway into His home.  

Still, death hovers on the horizon of many lives.  

• In our natural human condition we are still bound to ask, "How will it come?  Where?  When?"  
• Most of us would prefer to pass on quietly into Christ's presence in our sleep. 
• Most of us shrink from the dread thought... 
• of painful accidents or long and lingering disease prior to death.  
• But in heaven, we will be free from this foreboding.

We shall enjoy total deliverance... 

• from the sorrow that is occasioned by regrets and remorse. 
• At our best, we are bound to have made some grievous errors. 
• We have entertained wrong attitudes, spoken unkind words, 
• harbored selfish motives, 
• and indulged in wrongful acts. 

Out of all this, there flows a muddied stream of remorse and sorrow. 

• Yet, in heaven what a joy to know that we are fully forgiven, 
• that we are free of folly and sorrow of spirit. 
• Instead we shall be in a dimension of deep delight, 
• free from the guilt and regret of our life’s misdeeds.

To Be Continued...

Adapted Excerpt From

A Layman Looks at the Lord's Prayer

W. Phillip Keller