The Heart's Cry: Psalm 148

Psalm 148

Some people say that in heaven we will just be one big chorus singing songs of praise to God all day and all night. Personally I hope its nothing like that. Don't get me wrong, I love to sing, and I've been told that I'm fairly good at it, but I need variety in my life and in my music selections. In addition I love all types of music, pop, rock, classical, folk, hip-hop, rap, r&b, jazz, blues, country, world, pretty much anything that isn't screaming all the time, unless I'm really angry at the time. The thing about music though is that its a very emotion based medium, and if I'm singing praise songs all the time it may mean a minimum of emotional diversity.

Really, the more I think about it the more I wonder what heaven will be like, or maybe more truthfully I worry what heaven will be like. To be completely honest I'm not sure what an existence where I don't struggle with whether I'm interested in following God from moment to moment would be like. Perhaps it is just coming to a place where I am finally secure in the knowledge of who God is and what that means in my life and my world. But what does it look like in an existence where I don't make mistakes? Does being in heaven automatically make us perfect? And if so, what does perfection mean? Will I never stub my toe in heaven, assuming of course that my body is somewhat physical and that there are rocks or beds or legos that exist there.

We in the church talk about heaven a lot, without knowing all that much about the place. I doubt there with be pearly gates and streets of gold, those are both only important to people concerned about wealth and are natural elements found here on earth. But I want to believe that there won't be tears and pain, but what does that mean? Sometimes there is nothing better for the soul than a little tear shedding, either of sadness or joy. I think it might be best for me to end this right here, lest I keep going down this rabbithole until I finally get to heaven, assuming of course that I do.

+ What do you think of heaven? What will it be like, how will you be like?