Do You Want to See What Heaven Looks Like?
by Kay Rush, kay.rush@broomfieldumc.org
As one of our active, energetic, church members approached my desk, she happily announced, “You have the best job in the world… seeing all these loving, smiling faces that come through these doors.” And ya know what… I couldn’t agree with her more! It really is a blessing and privilege to be surrounded by, and to encounter those that are making a real attempt to live Christ-like lives.
Another “perk” of my job as receptionist is interacting to some small degree with the young students who attend Apple Tree Christian Preschool and their younger siblings. Most of us love to experience the enthusiasm and fresh, innocent approach that children bring to daily living, and I’d like to share with you one of those fresh, clear moments. As a busy and semi-harried mother was hustling her little girl back out to the car after dropping off another child at school, the little girl stopped outside the Chapel. The doors were closed so she went up to the glass, cupping her hands around her face to look into the darkness and then to witness the light coming through the colorful stained glass windows. “Mommy”, she exclaimed with all the excitement that a four-year-old can muster, “come see… it looks like HEAVEN in here.”
Now I figure that none of us can detail exactly what heaven will look like. However, I’ll never look into that Chapel and feel quite as nonchalant about its beauty. So next time you’re in the Chapel area, take a second, think like a child and decide for yourself if it looks just a little like Heaven!
Originally posted on the BUMC Blog on Jan. 18, 2013.
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