Is Heaven going to be boring? Eternity is a hard thing to grasp: year after year, century after century, millenium after millenium. Psalm 16:11, tells us, "You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore." So we know that Heaven will be incredible beyond our imagination, but what could we possibly do that will continue to be exillerating epoch after epoch?
Genesis 2, gives us some insight. It describes what Adam and Eve did before sin entered the world. What we find is they "worked and kept the garden." They actually had a job and a responsibility. We may think of work as a punishment placed on the human race. But when we really stop to think about it, working, creating, accomplishing, exploring, are some of the most energizing things about our lives. It is what makes us feel most alive. Certainly there are things that contaminate work, making it painful and monotonous. But think about the pleasure of an author holding his newly published book for the first time. Or an architect, at the ribbon cutting of a building that was at one point only an idea in her head. In Heaven, our work will contain only the exhilarating elements.
What are some things about work that are truly enjoyable? What are the things that contaminate it? How can you recapture that joy and vision and creativity that you may have lost?
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