"HEART OF MAN!"

1 Corinthians 2:9                             (ESV)
"9 But, as it is written, "What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, NOR THE "HEART OF MAN" IMAGINED, what GOD has prepared for those who love HIM"



Many times I have grieved rather profusely and openly about a loved one, related or non-related, who has gone on before me to their Heavenly reward.   My baby sister was 34 years, three days old when stomach cancer ended her earthly assignment.  A dear friend was 35 years old when he was suddenly taken to Heaven while riding his bicycle.  There was a precious little girl of nine years of age who GOD called Home about 15 years ago.  And I grieved over each one of these like their ability to "live" was over!

But in reality, their "living" was just beginning!  In 1 Corinthians 2:9 scripture tells us that NO EYE has seen, NO EAR has heard, NOT THE "HEART OF MAN" IMAGINED, what GOD has prepared for those who love HIM!  In John 11:25-26 JESUS tells us "I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?"  JESUS shortly afterward went out and raised Lazarus from the dead, displaying that what "this world" sees as a limitation of GOD's power and might in reality didn't exist.  That is why in Matthew 19:26 JESUS says "With man this is impossible, but with GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE!"

Understanding how our Spirits can leave our bodies "in the twinkling of an eye" and be in Heaven is something this finite mind cannot explain.  However, my FAITH tells me that "HEART OF MAN" cannot fathom what GOD has prepared for me in Heaven!  And while it's true that we are "separated" physically from our loved ones for now, the enemy doesn't want us focusing on the eternity we will spend together with them and our Savior, for that reminds him of his future!  HEAVEN IS REAL, as REAL as it could be, and we need to remember that!  The "HEART OF MAN" cannot comprehend what only the SPIRIT OF GOD can reveal!

Don't let missing your loved ones grieve you for years.  As I age, there seems to be more friends and loved ones on the other side than there are left on this side.  It is difficult to imagine in the "HEART OF MAN" what awaits me when I get to Heaven.  There is a song from a few years back named "I can only imagine".  The song was/is extremely popular, even inside the church.  But the Apostle Paul was telling us about 2,000 years ago that "eye has seen, nor ear heard, NOR THE "HEART OF MAN" IMAGINED, what GOD has prepared" for we who love the LORD!  We don't have the mental capacity to understand just how wonderful and majestic Heaven really is.  The "HEART OF MAN" may not be able to comprehend it, but thankfully GOD is not limited by the futility of my heart and mind.  That is where those who have gone before me are!!!