I love Scotland. I've never been, but I love it. The music, the accents, the plaid, the mountains, the lochs, the history...I cannot remember a time where I did not plan to travel there some day. (I also want to marry a Scottish man who plays a cello and lives in a castle, but I hold that quite loosely.)
I think of my love of Scotland in terms of my love of heaven. Born again to a living hope...
I have an inheritance (kept in heaven) by Jesus Christ, my Saviour (in heaven), Who entered into heaven to appear in the presence of God on my behalf (Hebrews 9:24). One difference between Scotland and heaven (there are not many ;) ) is the fact that my citizenship is actually in heaven. To go to Scotland would mean being a bumbling, delighted foreigner. To go to heaven would mean going home.
I have never been to heaven, but I love it. I love the Saviour Who awaits me there, Who will bring me into His kingdom, Who keeps my inheritance.
“Many shall come from the east and west—and shall sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew 8:11)
But there will be nothing to make believers afraid in the kingdom of heaven. Though the sins of their lives ‘were as scarlet, they shall be made white as snow; and though red like crimson, they shall be as wool.’ Their sins will be ‘remembered no more;’ ‘sought for, and not found;’ ‘blotted out as a thick cloud;’ ‘cast behind God’s back;’ ‘plunged in the depths of the sea.’ If we were in the presence of a stern judge, or of a king clothed in awful majesty, we should not dare to sit down. Once joined to Christ by faith, they are complete in the sight of God the Father, and even the perfect angels shall see no spot in them. Surely they may well sit down; and feel at home!"
— J.C. Ryle
Oh, Linda. How I delight with you in the beauty of our SO GREAT SALVATION. How I look forward to feasting with my Jesus, and my loved ones, in the presence of my God.
ReplyDeleteOh, by the way, when you go, take me to Scotland with you. I'm a very little mommy and don't take up a lot of space.
I too want you to marry a Scottish man who is musical, and has a castle, and room for the whole family to come and visit every year.
ReplyDeleteYep.
Not a bad vacation spot before going home. ;)
Did I mention my very dear sister Stacey went to bible collage in Scotland and knows a gazillion people?
Yep.
TAKE ME TOO!!! I'll talk for you.
ReplyDelete