The Heaven Answer Book

midst of the sin, sufferings, and sorrows of this life. There is a tug at our souls that is homesickness coupled with anticipation. I often wonder if God, in His sovereignty, allows our eyesight to cast a dim view of the here and now so that we may focus our spiritual eyes on the ever-after. Paul, who knew what it was to suffer, discovered this truth in his own life: “So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal” (2 Corinthians 4:18). Don’t let the burdens and hardships of this life distract you or dis courage you. Keep your eyes firmly fixed on what God has promised at the end of the journey: Heaven itself.

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