Day 2 - Week 22 - John 14:2 - "In my Father's house are many mansions, if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you."

I'm rescheduling my blog time to early morning for a while...I hope that doesn't throw any of you off...I know some of you probably get up earlier than I do, but I will try to have daily postings up by 6:30 or 6:45 a.m.

When I awoke this morning and started thinking about this verse again, I just started smiling.  Without really realizing it, I was smiling because I subconsciously was feeling so cared for and so secure.  My faith is in a God who cares for me so much that He is preparing my place for me for eternity. 

Randy Alcorn writes in his book, "Heaven",

Heaven isn't likely to have lots of identical residencies.  God loves diversity, and He tailor-makes His children and His provisions for them.  When we see the particular place He's prepared for us---not just for mankind in general but for us in particular---we'll rejoice to see our ideal home.

Isn't that a great thought to dwell on when we think about heaven?  I think many of us have a very foggy idea of what heaven will truly be like...a lot of our mental picture probably comes more from movies than from Scripture!  I think a lot of us have the idea that heaven may become rather boring...I mean it is for eternity...I'm not sure I really want to get that good at playing a harp!

Well from what I gather from Scripture and from what we know about God, I firmly believe heaven will be anything but boring!  I think all of eternity will bring about new knowledge, insight and experiences.  Just as there will be no limit to our time, there will be no limit to our mental capacities and all physical limitations will be removed.  I think heaven is going to be an absolutely amazing place far beyond our current imaginations!  Don't for a minute think that a God who has done all He has to create this amazing temporary earth will let our eternal home be anything other than "out of this world"!

Jesus is preparing a place for me, and for you, and for all who believe in Him and His saving power through His blood shed for us.  I can't wait to see my home...it will contain everything that will make it a perfect eternal dwelling place just right for me!

Harriet E. Buell was a hymn writer who lived from 1834 to 1910.  In 1877 she wrote a hymn called, "A Child of the King"...listen to her words from almost 150 years ago that reflect such a clear picture that she had of her future:

My Father is rich in houses and lands,
He holdeth the wealth of the world in His hands!
Of rubies and diamonds, of silver and gold,
His coffers are full, He has riches untold.

My Father’s own Son, the Savior of men,
Once wandered on earth as the poorest of them;
But now He is pleading our pardon on high,
That we may be His when He comes by and by.

I once was an outcast stranger on earth,
A sinner by choice, an alien by birth,
But I’ve been adopted, my name’s written down,
An heir to a mansion, a robe and a crown.

A tent or a cottage, why should I care?
They’re building a palace for me over there;
Though exiled from home, yet still may I sing:
All glory to God, I’m a child of the King.

Refrain

I’m a child of the King,
A child of the King:
With Jesus my Savior,
I’m a child of the King