WHEN I DOUBT

"Of course, God IS, otherwise, how could I be?"

Jesus assured His disciples that He would come back for them, and that He, Himself, Who was a carpenter on earth, was preparing a place for them among the many mansions where His Father lives. There is a Place beyond our comprehension, properly suited for a race such as our supreme Savior, a race we have been born into. He is presently there, in His glorified body, preparing a unique residence for each of those who have partaken of His Grace! Paul urged us to dwell on such things!

Likewise, Peter referred to the assembly of believers as individual bricks, or stones, in a temple building of which Christ is the Cornerstone. There are many references of things in Heaven to things that are familiar here...in the temporary. How much is heaven like earth? Silly question. Instead, we should recognize how much the things we sense with our eyes, hands, mouths, ears and noses, are all mere images of the REALITIES of God!

When my faith falters, I shouldn’t doubt Heaven, but rather realize what vivid hints we've been afforded of eternal substance and glory in this earthly, decaying, scenario of what we think is real!

So, when my carnal mind questions the Love, compassion, and gentleness of God, or when I wonder, does He feel what I feel, or look like I look, may my created thinking consider, “No, God is not like me, rather, I have been miraculously created in the image of Him!”

Of course, God IS, otherwise, how could I be?

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And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
~Exodus 3:14 KJV

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
~Genesis 1:26 KJV

And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
~1 John 2:17 KJV

In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
~John 14:2 KJV

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
~Colossians 3:1-2 KJV

To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious, ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
~1 Peter 2:4-5 KJV