Today is Tuesday, December 5th, 2006; Karen's Korner #947

A week or so ago I told my Sunday School class that some of the things I witness or experience people saying or doing are "snippets" of what heaven will be like some day.
 
I think I used to wrongly put some people on pedestals or overly admire their Christian behavior. Sometimes I have had that done to me:  wonderful comments, but I know I will let another person down sooner or later; or let myself down with some unkind deed, word, or thought.
 
We can't be all the things we want to be! A minister of a large church in Colorado just confessed of some kinds of less-than-the-best behaviors. But does that nulify all the good things that he was able to do for Christ and His Kingdom? Snippets of his relationship with, and as a follower of Christ.
 
We have a young man who was raised in our church family and community who has been a missionary in Africa for more than twenty years. Right now the family has returned to the United States and they are struggling with family issues, and the young man is struggling with personal problems. Does that mean that nothing that the family has accomplished in that foreign country is worthwhile? Snippets of what heaven will be like is what they left behind.
 
I enjoy watching a family bring their grandchildren to Sunday School each Sunday because otherwise the young people wouldn't be there at all. Snippets of heaven.......
 
I learned that someone I admire had said some unkind things to and about another person who was only trying to do the best she could in a situation. The friend I look up to has since apologized to the other person for what she did and said. Snippets of heaven.......
 
I see people who help others with no thought of their time and/or check book. Snippets of what heaven will be like full time.
 
Oh, these same people will let me down, let themselves down, and let God down, but we never signed on for perfection! We only signed on to be followers of One who was Perfect. So we will only see glimpses of Jesus from time to time in others and in ourselves. But the glance will be good enough to know that some day we want to be in the full-time Presence of One who could do and be everything we want for ourselves and for others.....today!
 
We might have to wait a little while for our  'snippets' to turn into 'always and forever'.

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