I recently read in one sitting the New York Times Best Seller Heaven is for Real by Todd Burpo
with Lynn Vincent. The book jolted me
into asking a simple question. What if
it is really true that we will meet Jesus face to face upon our deaths? I have heard this all my life. Jesus said “And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am” (John 14:3 NIV). Somehow I always took this in a misty
spiritual sense. It never really occurred
to me that it was palpably true that I would meet Jesus in person, and that I
and my loved ones—including my family—would also be visible in person. I always believed “in effect” this was true
but had some doubt if it would be true in plain fact. But this book has confronted me with a real
possibility—though thousands are dying every minute, somehow Jesus will greet
each believer in heaven individually upon death. If this is the case, then I cannot guarantee that
I will approach my savior—with scars on his hands and feet—without abundant
tears.
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