From Chapter 2 of Randy Alcorn’s Heaven…my favorite quotes.  This chapter contains of lot of “meat” about the why’s and arguments for and against studying Heaven so thoroughly using arguments people have brought to the author, etc.  Scripture is used a good bit.  Check out the entire chapter for yourself for some great reading, and most of all, go to the source itself – God’s Word.  In the meantime, these gave me food for thought.  Enjoy.  

• “…books about Heaven are notorious for saying we can’t know what Heaven is like, but it will be more wonderful than we can imagine….the moment we say that we can’t imagine Heaven, we dump cold water on all that God has revealed to us about our eternal home.  If we can’t envision it, we can’t look forward to it.  If Heaven is unimaginable, why even try?”
• “So look out a window.  Take a walk….Use your God-given skills to paint or draw or build a shed or write a book.  But imagine it – all of it – in its original condition.  The happy dog with the wagging tail, not the snarling beast, beaten and starved.  The flowers unwilted, the grass undying, the blue sky without pollution.  People smiling and joyful, not angry, depressed and empty.”
• C.S. Lewis:  ”If you read history, you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were just those who thought most of the next.”
• “We need a generation of heavenly minded people who see human beings and the earth itself not simply as they are, but as God intends them to be.”
• “One day soon you will be home – for the first time.  Until then, I encourage you to meditate on the Bible’s truths about Heaven.  May your imagination soar and your heart rejoice.”

And a song to conclude…