Heaven. It's on my mind a lot these days.
If I had a theme for this summer thus far, it'd be "love". Like I wrote a little about in my last post, I have experienced love the past 8 weeks deeper than I've ever known it. Never have I been so confident in the unconditional, unending love the people I'm closest to have for me.
And that, my friends, focuses my mind on Heaven.
Many times when I dwell on the greatness of Heaven and how excited I am for my future there it's when I'm having a rough time here on Earth or when I get a glimpse of how wretched this place I currently call my home really is. However, in the midst of the endless love I've been shown over this summer, I focus on Heaven even more.
Because, friends, the sweet, nurturing, encouraging, relentless, incredible, beautiful love I've gotten to experience this summer is absolutely nothing to the love my Jesus has for me. Now THAT is love in its most extreme, most pure and true form.
So while some of my favorite people are spread from Johnson City to Baltimore, from Louisville to Saint Louis, from La Mirada to Lexington, I can say that absence truly does make the heart grow fonder - but that fondness of heart doesn't stop growing just on Earth.
Jesus, my heart yearns after you more and more day by day. I can't wait to be with you.
Have a listen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EBSvFlBoIs
