How Long Is Eternity?




Bedtime is always a prime time for deep conversations. It proved true on my recent trip to Houston. While lying with Will after saying his prayers, he stated that he couldn't imagine how long eternity would be and then he added in that he thought he might get bored in heaven for that long.

I started laughing, not at Will but at the thought that he might not have enough to keep him busy for that long. I questioned him about what he thought we might doing and he wasn't quite sure, so I asked if he thought we might be floating on clouds and playing harps and he shook his head in the affirmative.

I spotted a teaching moment, because that is not at all the way I envision heaven or the new earth.

First and foremost I feel that when we find ourselves in the presence of our holy and perfect God of the universe we will be in such awe that it will take years for us to really get to know the depth of who is and to praise Him in a manner worthy. These are probably things that will be spread throughout eternity.

But there will be more, oh so much more that was explained to Will. I told him that if there are things that he loves here on this earth, they will be magnified and be unbelievably better than we can imagine because they will be the way God intended them from the beginning before sin entered this world.

Colors will be more vibrant, smells will be more intense, sounds will be more beautiful.

Just getting to be will the people from our past will be wonderful, but we will also have plenty of time to get to know the characters that we can only read about in the Bible. Will there be movies of the highlights of people's lives? Can we see the plain and ordinary alongside the famous?

Will it be possible to travel through time to see places and events that we are interested in?
None of us knows what eternity will be like, but I do know one thing, since God will be there and will have designed it perfectly there will be plenty to do and we won't get bored.

I hope to see you there.

Ecclesiastes 3:11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.

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