God lives and works today, and his greatest
love is for us, his sinful children.
We see this love especially in the fact
that he has built us an eternal kingdom,
the kingdom of heaven that Jesus spoke so
much about.
If you long for such a paradise, and
yet feel very far away from it, in
the midst of troubles and suffering, listen to
today's meditation by Basilia Schlink called, Sing About
Heaven.
Whoever understands, even in a small way, what
kind of times we are living in, can
scarcely comprehend that there could be another world.
Our own world is drowning in criminality, violence,
sickness, death, and sin.
However, there is another world, and it is
just as real as the one we are
living in now.
In this other world, peace reigns, instead of
hatred, wars, murder, and horror.
God has named it Jerusalem, the city of
peace.
According to the promise of Revelation 21-2,
this city will descend upon the new earth.
Jesus himself will be the peace that reigns
within her walls.
And where Jesus is, everything must be beautiful
and heavenly.
There we will hear the sounds of angels
singing.
Wonderful music will fill the air.
Several years ago, our sisterhood was touched by
a deep grief.
However, it was just at that time that
Mother Basilia thought, Now heaven must come down.
Surely heaven is stronger than all the grief
and suffering.
And so she went to her room and
began to write down verses about heaven.
And what happened?
This song has become the longest of all
our songs.
It didn't seem to want to end.
Here are a few verses of this song.
Where trees of life are growing, In shafts
their dream fulfilling, Oh, that we were there,
Oh, that we were there.
Where sickness no more filling, For heaven's footprints
healing, Oh, that we were there, Oh, that
we were there.
This song tries to express the joy and
glory of heaven.
This joy is so great that it can
drown out all suffering.
That is why the message of this song
seems so important now, especially for our times.
When we sing a great deal about heaven,
our earthly suffering will disappear.
Then we will be living in the one
great reality, heaven.
Heaven is our eternal home and earth our
home for only a few decades.
At most, no more decades than the fingers
on both hands.
We must realistically face this truth and look
at it again, ever anew.
And then we should sing, Oh, that we
were there, And continue, soon we shall be
there.
Then we will already feel a bit happier,
no matter how depressed we may have been.
Soon, yes, soon we will be there where
Jesus' arms are open to embrace us.
There, in the new Jerusalem, He is radiating
like the sun.
And the words of Revelation 22 will be
fulfilled.
For we shall see His face and be
satisfied.
This program by Basilia Schlenk has come to
you from the little land of Canaan.
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God bless you.