If this life was all there is, then we'd have little reason for hope

 As we cope with the real world, it helps to keep an eternal perspective,

not one that can see no farther than today’s pain.

~~Barbara Johnson

This morning’s prayer and meditation for Sally’s healing comes from Take Heart, Oh God: Riches from the Greatest Christian Women Writers of All Time.

Sometimes it’s hard to keep an eternal perspective, isn’t it? It’s difficult to see past today’s pain. Grief can be overwhelming. Sorrow can be devastating. Difficulties can seem insurmountable. If this life is all there is, then we would have little reason to hope.

Barbara Johnson challenges us to keep an eternal perspective, a focus on the promises of God for our forever home. We don’t know exactly what it will look like, how it will feel, what we will do, but it’s enough to know that God promises a place with no more death or mourning or crying or pain. Eternity in heaven with him will be more wonderful than our minds can even begin to imagine.

As we struggle here on earth, it helps to remember we won’t be staying long. We’re just passing through. We’re on our way home.

Prayer for Meditation

Lord God, please open my eyes to wonderful realities of my heavenly home.

Scripture for Meditation

That is why we never give up. Though our bodies are dying, our spirits are being renewed every day. For our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever! So we don’t look at the troubles we can see now; rather, we fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen. For the things we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever. 2 Corinthians 4:16-18

Music for Meditation 

My Life Is In Your Hands 

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