Grateful for time and expectations of heaven

You probably think this is a weird title for a blog. Yes, I am grateful. I can't help but be so, even in the midst of all the chaos surrounding us in this world. Here's why: I know that none of us think of time as something solid. We tend to think of time as expendable and rightly so. We waste it. We try to hold onto it with both hands. We can't. All we can do is watch and wait. Some of us feel helpless. Yet in the midst of all this, we can be grateful to God. Again, you may ask, why? Because God holds everything in the palm of his hands. You can't predict what's going to happen tomorrow, but God knows. So I can be grateful for time, because God works through time.

At times like these, I ponder what the word of God says about heaven. I wonder what it will be like and sometimes wish time would speed up, so I could go there. Other times I'm grateful for the time I have here. I know that the Lord's time is perfect, and that he has a plan for me. I may not know it. I may struggle with the circumstances I find myself in. Yet even in the midst of that struggle, I have the assurance that God is there beside me. I do have some expectations of heaven.