A GLIMPSE OF GLORY

I've never ridden a horse that fast. And to hang on with one hand while making a lasso with the other! Are you kidding me? I have trouble unraveling bread wrapper ties.

But I have ridden a bicycle so fast that it almost took my breath away. I have driven a convertible and let the wind whip my face and rearrange my hair, straight back as it is. I have had my breath taken from me when a carnival or theme park ride dipped or dropped. I've had my stomach leave me when driving too fast over hills or railroad tracks.

And I wonder if that exhilaration is a glimpse of Heaven. I know Heaven is more than goosebumps. I know it's more than tearful emotion. The kind I have to fight back when I hear Amazing Grace (My Chains are Gone).

I know Heaven's more than the feeling of satisfaction after a task is completed. More than the rush of intensity in an exciting ballgame. I know is more than the feeling of fullness after a perfect meal.

It's even more than the love of being with close family, because as Dickens said, "Life is made up of partings". But in Heaven we won't have to part. We'll have an eternity to get to know one another better.

It's even more exciting that knowing that "your names are written in Heaven" (Luke 10:20). But not much. Because about the only thing better than knowing I'll be in Heaven because I have accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior and follow Him, is actually being there. Now that's real excitement!!!