During my reading times, I have been bouncing back and forth between Randy Alcorn's two books on Heaven - what a spiritual feast! A friend who has read Heaven told me that by the time I'm done with the book, I'll be longing to go!
The other night I read the devotion from We Shall See God entitled "God Dries Our Tears." Everyone is familiar with the verse in Revelation that says, "God will wipe away every tear from their eyes (Rev. 7:17)." What a beautiful promise! No more tears over sin, pain, injustice, or mourning. But will there be tears of joy in Heaven? From pages 68 -69, "Spurgeon speaks of life under the Curse: 'We may forget to laugh, but we will always know how to weep.' But when God stops the weeping, surely he will replace it with laughter. Jesus said, 'Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh. . .Rejoice in that day and weep for joy, because great is your reward in Heaven (Luke 6:21-23). God, the Creator of all good things, created laughter and created us to love laughter. It's good medicine for the soul.
Randy Alcorn ended that devotional with this paragraph on page 70:
"One of Satan's great lies is that God -- and everything good -- is joyless and humorless, while Satan -- and evil -- brings pleasure and satisfaction. In fact, it's Satan who is humorless. Sin didn't bring him joy; it forever stripped him of joy. in contrast, envision Jesus with his disciples. If we cannot picture him teasing them and laughing with them, we need to reevaluate our understanding of the Incarnation. We need a biblical theology of humor that prepares us for an eternity of celebration and spontaneous laughter. As Spurgeon says, we may sometimes forget to laugh here, but there will be no end to the laughter when we find our fulfillment in the presence and the promises of our God. Cling to that blood-bought promise concerning our future in Heaven: we will laugh."
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