wow chapter 5

First of all, it's wonderful to finally be blogging with you. God makes life so easy. It's amazing how often I forget this. All of the wonderful truths that sounded intimidating but still entangled me with excitment in chapter 5 were all promises given to us by our Lord, taken from His Word. I am so thankful for Randy Alcorn and his faith in this endeavor because just contemplating the idea of a seperate intermediate state of Heaven and a New Earth is incredibly daunting for me. I am also thankful for the oppurtunity that the Lord has graciously given me in this book study to learn about our future home. So, we WILL (this is guaranteed, promised by our GOD) live on a New Earth where Heaven and Earth come together as one, where we are free from the burden of this world, and where we not only live with our Creator but we actually do things like EAT and WORK and HANG OUT.....that's AWESOME! It is things such as these that can truly ease the worried mind of a 22 year old, single, newly Christian man. This book is amazing because it helps me to understand the promises that God has laid out for me in scripture that I can glance over sometimes without giving them the attention they deserve. This for example,"the meek shall inherit the earth." THINK ABOUT THAT! What does inheritance mean? It will be ours because God has made it for us, and He will live with us! After reading this chapter I am the most convicted when I think about how analytical I can be. This book is helping me to live in light of the Resurrection and to put down my magnifying glass and just praise God. I am sincerely looking forward to the weeks to come.