So it may seem lame to some, but I got watching videos on youtube of people who had actually gotten a literal glimpse of Heaven and/or Hell. So many emotions ran through me on these videos. On the ones of the people who got a glimpse of Heaven and of Jesus, made me want to cry my eyes out. Not because it was a touching story, but because I could only imagine the grace felt by those being rescued from Hell. The fact that they saw Jesus face to face, even for 1 second, fills me with the most jealousy I could ever imagine. The one thing I long for most in this life is to finally see Jesus and to feel His embrace. I will never feel anything greater than the joy of looking into His eyes. The one little boy said that he sat on Jesus' lap, also that there were people there that he had never met, but that he was related to, and that there were lots of animals and people, and everyone had wings. He said that Gabriel was funny, if hearing the actual personality of THE archangel doesn't make things more real and in perspective, I don't know what does. One said the colors were brighter, and there were thousands more colors than we know of on earth. Many said that once we die we feel our soul leave our body and then are automatically in a spiritual realm and moving faster than the speed of light to where they were going. The boy who had been there said that Jesus told him that He died so that we could see His Dad.
But when they were talking about Hell, they were saying that they could see everyone around them, hear their thoughts, and know every sin they've ever committed. But their sins and actions didn't matter, all that mattered was that they rejected God, and they wanted everyone on earth to know not to come there....I was thinking through this, what are we doing?? If in Hell people are thinking this, and we're on earth not doing anything but living day to day, why aren't we the ones telling them? We're wasting the whole purpose we were put on this earth.
The thing that stood out to me the most was that they all said that when they left their bodies, it was more real than we have ever known as real. That this life is a dream compared to the spiritual realm. Guys, we're just visiting on this earth. This is not our home. It is more real there because that is where we were made for, and Who we were made to spend eternity with. I can't wait to, for the first time, feel true Silence in the Sound.
What is the "silence" in the sound?
The meaning of the title of my blog "Silence in the Sound" is a challenge we all face, to search for God's presence in the midst of the chaos. When everything is moving 1000mph around us, we search for answers, but can't slow down either. If we can STOP and LISTEN for the still voice of the LORD, then things will come into perspective. Oswald Chambers says, "God's silences are His answers...Are you still asking for a visible answer?... Are you mourning before God because you have not had an audible response?" Such as in John 11:5-6, it is not our timing for His answer...it's God's timing. We have to remember Psalm 46:10, "Be still, and know that I am God." Put on your headphones and drown out the sound of the hustle & bustle of the world, and tune into God's channel.