A.Joseph
Puritan Board Senior
This may sound a bit strange.
When I read scriptures and listen to sermons I’m often filled with wonder and awe. Ive been reading Revelations and it may actually be one my favorite books of the Bible. Just the mystery and the holiness that drips from those passages are wonderous.
But when left to myself.... there’s something that I wrestle with (and maybe it’s cause I’m a finite creature as far as my flesh or living body is concerned) but that’s ...eternity.
I don’t fear death as much as I used to, I don’t really fear hell anymore, I do believe I am secure in Christ, but when I think of heaven and eternity it is too incomprehensible that it is almost overwhelming. The idea of living forever is too incomprehensible for me to contemplate ..... Can anyone relate to this?
I know most people convey joy of such anticipation. Maybe I’m not consistently enough in the Word to have a right understanding and comprehension of these things....? But I don’t feel joy when I think of eternity. I feel an almost dread or holy fear of an incomprehensible state of being.
Jesus brings me peace but what my experience will be is almost too much to even consider. Is it strange to feel this way? Or maybe it’s a spiritual maturity issue. I dont think I’m deluded in my faith but then I question if it is normal for a believer to think or feel like this?
When I read scriptures and listen to sermons I’m often filled with wonder and awe. Ive been reading Revelations and it may actually be one my favorite books of the Bible. Just the mystery and the holiness that drips from those passages are wonderous.
But when left to myself.... there’s something that I wrestle with (and maybe it’s cause I’m a finite creature as far as my flesh or living body is concerned) but that’s ...eternity.
I don’t fear death as much as I used to, I don’t really fear hell anymore, I do believe I am secure in Christ, but when I think of heaven and eternity it is too incomprehensible that it is almost overwhelming. The idea of living forever is too incomprehensible for me to contemplate ..... Can anyone relate to this?
I know most people convey joy of such anticipation. Maybe I’m not consistently enough in the Word to have a right understanding and comprehension of these things....? But I don’t feel joy when I think of eternity. I feel an almost dread or holy fear of an incomprehensible state of being.
Jesus brings me peace but what my experience will be is almost too much to even consider. Is it strange to feel this way? Or maybe it’s a spiritual maturity issue. I dont think I’m deluded in my faith but then I question if it is normal for a believer to think or feel like this?