Because we won't get dirty, there will be no need for towels, wash cloths or soap of any kind, nor will we need machines to wash our cloths.
Because we won't get sick, there will be no need of medicines, nor will we need vitamins to help us stay healthy.
Because we will not get tired, we won't need beds, because we won't need beds there will be no need for sheets, because we won't get cold there will be no need for blankets, heavy coats, boots or hats.
Because our vision will be perfect there will be no need for eye glass or eye doctors.
Because there will be no darkness, there will be no need for lamps, candles or flashlights.
Because our minds will be in perfect working order, there will be no need for scratch pads to help us remember or calendars to keep appointments.
There will be no need for appointments because there will be no need for doctors or repair men. Sometimes I wonder how much time we have spent in the offices of the healing profession because of illness or even just fear of illness. Or, how much time we spend waiting for cars to be fixed, along with every other machine we use.
Because there will be no rain, we will have no need of umbrellas or rain coats.
Because there will be no snow, there will be no need of snow shovels or plows.
Because nothing will break, there will be no need of all the tools we use now to maintain a working environment or the glues that bond things.
Because the bugs behave themselves we will have no need of sprays to protect the fruit trees or vegetables.
Because tigers, bears, dogs, cats and all other animals won't bite or harm us there will be no need for guns or fences to protect ourselves.
Because the day will not be too hot and there is no night, we will live in a perfect environment, without worry, fear or hardship. There will be no need to prepare for the winter cold or the summer heat.
Because our nose will never get a cold or allergy, we will not need tissue, no need of Bandaides or antibiotics for injuries.
Because our skin and bodies are perfect we will have no need for cosmetics or hair treatments.
I know this list could be much longer, it seems to me that most of what we use today will not be needed in heaven.
I don't know about you, but I rejoice when I ponder the gravity of our inheritance, the immensity of the blessing that awaits us.
How many hours and much money, seem wasted on things just to survive and stay healthy. I am grateful that God has proved for us in this stage of our existence, however I do look forward to the day when it will be all over.
This life for the believer seems like dung compared to where we are going. Even so, the Lord gives us joy in our hearts, knowing that this earth, for the believer, is a testing time, to strengthen and grow us spiritually. We do not respond to it the way a non-believer does.
It is our spiritual "gym" or "health club", we work out every day, when we fail we get up again to experience the next day of testing. Our work out manual is the Bible! It tells us where we have progressed and where we have failed and are in need of more exercise.
It is the Holy Spirit Who sustains and teaches us.
Galatians 5:22-23
"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law."
1 Corinthians 6:19
"Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own,"
Isaiah 11:2
"The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him, The spirit of wisdom and understanding, The spirit of counsel and strength, The spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD."
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