Restart, reboot (again...)

Alright, so I'm really bad at this blogging thing. However, I'm going to TRY my best to keep going again. Something that I'm going to change is what/how I blog. Previously, I've done really long, dawn out posts about deep things. Now, I think I'm going to just write -- my thoughts, deep or not. It's going to be more of a journal. So buckle up, here it comes.

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Today in church, my pastor was talking about Revelation 21. Now I for one love the book of revelation. I think the imagery is amazing, and I love to hear that God and the devil are battling, but that God's already won. It's a very interesting book, and I highly suggest it.

"He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away."
This is Revelation 21:4. I think there are some really profound things in this chapter as a whole, but this verse really struck me. Why? Because it says "He will wipe every tear from their eyes." John, the author of Revelation, is talking about God and heaven. When he says they will wipe every tear form their eyes, the people he is comforting are already in heaven.

I think that's incredible. He doesn't say that there aren't going to be tears in heaven. He says that God is going to wipe them away. But why are there tears in heaven? My pastor brought of two things.
1. When we get to heaven, we are going to see all of the things that have happened. All the terrible things that we have done: the hate, the lies, the pain, everything. We're going to be able to see it all and it's going to be painful. And, I don't know about you, but I'm going to probably ball my eyes out at that because I know for a fact that I've done come pretty terrible things.
2. But better than that, we're going to see it all taken away. All of it pushed away and forgiven, and never, EVER come back. And I think that's even better. These are going to be tears of joy. The forgiveness and redemption that we receive is going to be overwhelming and exciting. And I can't wait.

Maybe that's not so profound, and maybe my pastor is full of crap. But I believe it. And I can't wait for it to happen. Dwell on that for a few days, I promise it's going to be good.
Carly

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