Strangely compelling. This morning I found waiting for me a series of verses that link with each other. Together they are both irresistible and indispensable. Combined, they form and establish the eternal perspective for the believing Christian. And it is all very real.
Look for what links them. (All verses are from the New Living Translation.).
“Because I am righteous, I will see you.
When I awake, I will see you face to face and be satisfied.”
Psalm 17:15
“Your eyes will see the king in all his splendor,
and you will see a land that stretches into the distance.”
Isaiah 33:17
“Father, I want these whom you have given me to be with me where I am. Then they can see all the glory you gave me because you loved me even before the world began!”
John 17:24
“Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely.”
1 Corinthians 13:12
“Dear friends, we are already God’s children, but he has not yet shown us what we will be like when Christ appears. But we do know that we will be like him, for we will see him as he really is.”
1 John 3:2
“And they will see his face, and his name will be written on their foreheads.”
Revelation 22:4
Living forever, and being changed irrevocably is the sole privilege of the believer. It’s what we long for– sort of a (good) divine madness that continues to drive us; a splinter in our hearts that we can’t expel. But even if we could, would we?
Eternal life has already started for us; I believe far more awaits.
Ecclesiastes 3:11
Broken Believers 
Beautiful!
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