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In My Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
John 14:2

O that we could lift our eyes to those blest abodes, those mansions of heavenly bliss, where no sorrow intrudes, where sin is unknown, where tears are wiped from off all faces, where there is no languishing body, no wasting sickness, no pining soul, no doubt, fear, darkness or distress; but one unmingled scene of happiness and pleasure, and the whole soul and body are engaged in singing the praises of God and the Lamb! And what crowns the whole, there is the eternal enjoyment of those pleasures which are at the right hand of God for evermore. But how lost are we in the contemplation of these things; and though our imagination may seem to stretch itself beyond the utmost conception of the mind, into the countless ages of a never-ending eternity, yet are we baffled with the thought, though faith embraces the blessed truth. But in that happy land, the immortal soul and the immortal body will combine their powers and faculties to enjoy to the uttermost all that God has prepared for those that love Him.

To the reader…

Perhaps today you are weary of the sorrows of this life: of sickness that weakens you, of doubt and fear, of the sin that still clings to you. Then lift up your eyes to the Father’s house, where there are many mansions. There is no more sin and no pain there, no grieving soul and no darkness. There tears are wiped from all faces, and there is unmingled happiness.

And hear Who says it: “I go to prepare a place for you.” It is Christ Himself Who prepares the place; it does not depend on what you can earn. Your thoughts may reel at the thought of eternity, yet faith may lay hold of that blessed truth. Let it strengthen you for the road that still lies before you: what God has prepared for those who love Him, soul and body shall one day fully enjoy, for ever.

With warm regards,
The compilers of jcphilpot.nl