Heaven 3, Restored, Reunited, And Renewed Series

Heaven 3 Restored, Reunited and Renewed

Ya’ll open your Bibles to Revelation 21. Revelation 21 and verse 1 if you will.

Ya’ll know how Gladys and my vacations usually work out. Well, back before Covid, my mother had bought tickets for all of us us, the whole family, to take a cruise on one of those Viking River Cruise ships in Europe. The trip was originally postponed because of Covid, then delayed for one reason or another. The rest of the family has gone, and Gladys and I are supposed to leave this afternoon for this once in a lifetime vacation.

Well, the ship we were supposed to be on broke down a couple of weeks ago, so they are putting us on a different ship. The river we are supposed to be sailing on broke. I know, you didn’t think it was possible, but one of the locks on the river broke, so they are putting us a ship 40 miles further down the river than we originally planned. Friday they had that computer glip, so all of the airlines in Germany, where we were supposed to be flying, were grounded. After a week of avoiding my brother’s family so I wouldn’t be around those sick people, on Friday I got sick and the doctor has me on antibiotics while we’re going on vacation.

I was telling a friend about this the other day, and he said, “Well, Jonah, when you get to Germany, they are going to throw you off the ship just to save the boat and the rest of the passengers.”

I don’t know about that, but I do know Germany has asked us not to come. The airlines all got together and said that they would pay for our next vacation to anywhere, as long as we promised to drive there.

We have been talking about heaven for the past couple of weeks, and I have it on good authority that in heaven all vacations work, no one is sick, and ships and rivers don’t break. Who ever heard of such a thing? If you think about it, ya’ll pray for us. I may not deserve a good time, but Gladys is convinced that she does.

Speaking of which, night before last I spilt some lemonade on the carpet, so she ended up working on the carpet yesterday. Last night my c-pap machine leaked on the floor, so she worked on that this morning, while she told me that the older I get the more issues I seem to cause. I told her, “Suck it up buttercup, cause I don’t see things getting any better between here and heaven.”

I am convinced that the Lord invented old age to make us look forward to heaven more, cause otherwise, some of ya’ll would get comfortable down here and would never think about heaven at all. No wonder my prayers each day end with, “Calgon, take me away.” And don’t laugh, CJ and James’ end their prayers with “Beam me up Scotty.” You spiritual folks may say, “Even so, come quickly Lord Jesus.” We all have our own way of saying the same thing.

The other day Gladys said she married me for better or for worse, and there has to be some better coming sometime.

Isn’t it great to know that this world as we know it, is not the end all to end all. There is going to be a better place and a better fellowship for those who know the Lord. And Hallelujah, we are going to have some better friends, praise the Lord, cause some of ya’ll are getting on my last nerve.

I wonder if that’s why Gladys has been going around the house lately, singing, “Soon and very soon, we are going to see the King. Soon and very soon, we are going to see the King. Soon and very soon, we are going to see the king. Hallelujah, Hallelujah, we are going to see the King. No more crying there, we are going to see the King. No more husbands there, we are going to see the king. No Christmas in the Country or 4H there, we are going to see the King.”

I’m not saying that’s how the song goes, I’m just saying that’s how she sings it.”

- Read Revelation 21:1-8

These verses tell us that the Lord is going build, He is going to create a new heaven and a new earth. And no, it’s not because I broke the old one. John wrote this before I was even born.

Can you imagine, a new heaven and a new earth? Oh my word. How can God improve on what He’s already built?

For the past couple of weeks we have looked at heaven, and we saw that in heaven we will have regrets, because according to