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what do you believe heaven to be like?

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Yorkiegirl · 16/09/2006 23:45

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Astrophe · 16/09/2006 23:48

Rest. Pure, peaceful, gentle rest, delicious rest.

Have you read 'The last battle'? Its the last book in the Narnia series and ends with a fantastic description on heaven. I can't do it justice, but it says that everything good in this word is just a shadow of the goodness in heaven.

How you doing?

Astrophe · 16/09/2006 23:53

This is from the Bible, from Revelation chapter 7. The last line is especially comforting.

9After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. 10And they cried out in a loud voice:
"Salvation belongs to our God,
who sits on the throne,
and to the Lamb." 11All the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. They fell down on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, 12saying:
"Amen!
Praise and glory
and wisdom and thanks and honor
and power and strength
be to our God for ever and ever.
Amen!"
13Then one of the elders asked me, "These in white robes?who are they, and where did they come from?"

14I answered, "Sir, you know."

And he said, "These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15Therefore,
"they are before the throne of God
and serve him day and night in his temple;
and he who sits on the throne will spread his tent over them.
16Never again will they hunger;
never again will they thirst.
The sun will not beat upon them,
nor any scorching heat.
17For the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd;
he will lead them to springs of living water.
And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes."

CountTo10 · 16/09/2006 23:55

I beleive it to be a place that I was comfortable in with all the loved ones I've lost to welcome me, somewhere where I am at peace and where I can watch over the loved ones I've left behind.

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Yorkiegirl · 17/09/2006 00:09

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Astrophe · 17/09/2006 00:16

I don't know Yorkie, I just don't know. I am a Christian and believe I will be in heaven with God when I die. I'm not afraid, but I too wonder how it could be 'better' to leave my LOs and DH. Perhaps it is better for your DH, but just not for you and your DDs. One thing I do know is that God is loving and powerful and that he cares deeply for you. I hope that helps. I just don't know what to say - you must miss your DH terribly. I'm praying for you.

bubble99 · 17/09/2006 00:31

Yorkie. I just don't know.

Forgive me for asking. But have you 'felt' him around you since he died.

Not the same at all, I realise, but my brother and dad died within a year of each other and I kept 'seeing' them. I felt my brother standing next to me twice and I had dreams where I 'talked' to him. In the dreams he knew that he was dead and he was really P**d off about it.. I've never felt/experienced this with my dad as he was ill and |I think that his 'time had come.'

I'm not remotely 'alternative' but I know that this happened.

As for heaven? I'm not sure...

NotAnOtter · 17/09/2006 00:33

so wish i could believe in one........

expatinscotland · 17/09/2006 01:26

It is the otherworld, and that is what you define it as.

Mhamai · 17/09/2006 02:33

Hi Yorkie, long time no chat, another essay finished another late hr but no drunk rants tonight, I'm maturer now I am! In answer to your op, What do you believe heaven to be like? Well first let me say as a good young Irish Coleen, my perception of heaven was big white fluffy clouds, harpists, halos etc but as time went on as time will do, I had the misfortune/probably biggest fortune of my life!

to be in the same boat at the holy mother, except her conception was glorified whereas mine was villified, funnily enough it twas about then that I broke away from the church, thank God!...No pun intended! Sh*t I'm rambling but to cut to the chase my mum died suddenly 7yrs ago and I mean suddenly!

Well tbh Yorkie, I don't know what it's like to loose a spouse but from the perspective of loosing my darling mum. I will say this, I persoanally/and that's just me! gave up on the idea of what heaven would be like.

For me today what carries me through the dark days and the even darker days back then, was that although her physical body was gone, her spirit was very much present.

In my darkest hrs, I looked at myself indeed my children and would and still see resemblances, I notice little charachter quirks in myself and my dc to see and know that she very much lives in spirit

And I'm by no way encouraging you to follow suit but somwtimes, not always but just somtimes when it feels right, I can't feel close to her at her grave so I sometimes put on an artist she really liked, Queen being one of them, look out to the beautiful sky above, raise a glass and say, this ones for you mum.

nearlythree · 17/09/2006 11:52

I have no idea what heaven is like, but I am sure that it is a safe place to be, if that makes sense. Somewhere free from pain or danger.

I've been thinking about you and praying for you since your dh died. How are you doing?

harrisey · 17/09/2006 13:25

I believe that heaven is more wonderful than we can ever imagine, beyond our wildest dreams. I believe it is being in the presence of God forever, and finally seeing Him face to face.

I've been thinking of you and praying for you and your lovely girls a lot.

nearlythree · 17/09/2006 14:08

Yorkiegirl, been thinking about this some more since I posted this morning. My friend's ds died earlier this year and she was told by the minister looking after her that God has made a lovely home for her ds. But she replied that he had a lovely home, here, with parents and brothers that love him. So I think that heaven must somehow be very different from what we know now, for it to be better.

I prayed so much when my friend's ds died, I was so worried about this dear little boy missing his mummy, but I got a very strong message saying that he was safe and loved and that it was the living I had to worry about.

waterfalls · 17/09/2006 14:49

My mum had a near death experience around 20 years ago, she says she was surrounded by a beautiful colour that is not remotely like any colour we know, and that she felt unimaginably calm and wonderful, after she felt pure anger that she had been brought back.

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Yorkiegirl · 17/09/2006 20:45

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mosschops30 · 17/09/2006 20:48

i like to think of it as a place where I get to see all the loved ones who have passed before me and where I can watch my loved ones who are still alive.
I think its beautiful, peaceful, colourful, warm, restful and very comforting.

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