Are you content?*

What makes you happy, content, and joyful? People always say the grass looks greener on the other
side. Why is that? Why do we tend to want things that we don't have? Or if we are single, we want to be married...if we are married, we want to be single...if we have short, straight hair, we want long, curly hair? Why are we like that???

What is contentment? It is a state of happiness and satisfaction (www.google.com).Are you content in this life? Or are you miserable in wanting so much more of what you don't have? I have learned to be content in the circumstances that I have gained. Yes, even now there are times, that I deeply desire that I was healed of all these ailments, or wish I had  a husband or child.  Yet I have learned to be content.  I used to be so frustrated with God that I wanted to get married or be pain free, that it actually was eating up at my heart and mind.  I had to learn and grow in God with what was given to me in this life.  I had to realize that for some reason in the past, I have had to endure many hardships.  I didn't like going through it, but I had to endure them to help me be who I am today.  I know that God can take away all my pains in just a blink of an eye, but I also know that He has us go through things to help grow us spiritually far more than we can ever comprehend.

Learn to be content

What Will Heaven be Like?*

Will our Heavenly bodies glow or be see through?
Will we be free from pain or ailments, aches, and suffering? (oh yes)
Will we still have teeth, hair, or even fingernails?
Will we have to clean our spiritual bodies and teeth?

When we eat the fruit in Heaven, will we feel full?
Will we bathe in the crystal waters?
Will anyone value gold there?

What will Heaven be like?
Will there be water falls and rain?
Thunderstorms and hail?
Will there be weeds and thorns?
Will we work?
Will someone's job be pulling weeds from the garden?
Will we have to clean up after ourselves?
Will aborted babies be child-like, or have spiritually mature bodies?

Will there be books to read?
Or will we not need to learn anything?
Will we have lions for pets?
Will we need to change our spiritual clothes?
Will we have to exercise?
What will we look like?
How will we act?
What will we do?

Here is a glimpse of Heaven:

"Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.  No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve him.  They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign for ever and ever." Revelation 22:1-5 (NIV)