Daily Devotion – The Joy that Awaits Us in Heaven
I’ve had a song running through my head all week. It’s an old one, but oh so good! Have you heard this one?
I have joy unspeakable and full of glory,
Full of glory, full of glory;
I have joy unspeakable and full of glory,
Oh, the half has never yet been told.
(Barney E. Warren)
This past week I was reminded that these words are from 1 Peter 1:8, “Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory.” (KJV)
As the words of the song say, “Oh, the half has never yet been told.”
That’s incredible, really. To know that one day we’ll come to a deeper understanding of God when we stand before Him face to face. To realize that all we know of Him is merely a glimpse of all that He is. And to think that the joy we have now will be nothing compared to the joy we have then.
And so, we’re reminded when we’re tested and tried, and though we suffer on earth, there is joy that awaits us in heaven!
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Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory. (1 Peter 1:8, KJV)
Darlene Schacht and her husband Michael live in Manitoba Canada where the summers are beautiful and the winters are cold. Together they’ve come to learn that relationships aren’t always easy, but that marriage, the way God intended it to be, is a treasure worth fighting for.
She began her publishing journey about twelve years ago when she pioneered one of the first online magazines for Christian women, known at the time as “Christian Women Online Magazine.” After three years, Darlene left CWO to blog as a solo author at Time-Warp Wife Ministries.
It was also during this transition that she worked alongside actress Candace Cameron Bure to write the NYT Best-Selling book, Reshaping it All: Motivation for Spiritual and Physical Fitness. Reshaping it All was the winner of both the 2011 USA Best Book Awards and the 2012 Christian Reading Retailers Choice Awards.
Author of more than 15 books, Darlene continues to write and to minister to her readers through her blog at TimeWarpWife.com.
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You are loved by an almighty God,
Darlene Schacht
The Time-Warp Wife