Amazingly beautiful

No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love him. (1 Corinthians 2:9 NLT)

 We live in an amazingly beautiful world, and our spirits inhabit equally amazing bodies by which we can enjoy many wonderful experiences.
 But these experiences are not completely perfect. Take a walk in a beautiful forest and you might have to contend with the bugs or foul weather. Neither are our bodies perfect. We get tired, we get sick, and some even suffer debilitating chronic conditions.
 There is so much that is good and beautiful to enjoy in this life, but along with it, there always seems to be some sort of obstacle to that enjoyment as well.
 But that will change the day we enter heaven!
 Those who have had near-death experiences report that they visited a place of indescribable beauty. A land that is very similar to our world as it is, but so much more beautiful.
 Every believer will one day be catapulted from this life, where we “see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror,” to the heavenly realm, where we will see God face to face and finally be able to see and experience His creation in all its magnificent color and glory. —George Sosich [1]

 I must keep alive in myself the desire for my true country, which I shall not find till after death; I must never let it get snowed under or turned aside; I must make it the main object of life to press on to that other country and to help others do the same. —C.S. Lewis

[1] ] Activated A Whole New World