What are your hopes about...

[sparrow]

heaven. About after your life is through, when you die, where you go...

What do you "hope" about what God has in store for us (in heaven or whatever you want to call it.)  ??

Please... go deep down in your heart of hearts and get as basic as you can.
What do you dream... what do you wish????
I guess that is my main point, so let me re-word it.

What do you wish heaven to be?

What would be your own personal heaven?
Sure, we have no idea what's going to happen really or what things will be like, we may never even be able to compare. And this is sort of like an ant all of a sudden living life as a human, they can't even comprehend the possiblities.
BUT...
What do you hope is INCLUDED in your heaven...

Be as detailed as you want.
And don't be afraid of sounding childish or having childish thoughts or what have you...
please... just let it all hang out.
your deepest wishes...
I really need to know what other people feel.

Thank you in advance to anyone who participates.

[WhiteWings]

For me heaven would be:
a] Being 4-6 years old forever. I always remember those days as sunny. Sun is rare where I live...
b] Be a dog playing with a ball. That's just 100% pure happines without any second thoughts.
c] Cottage at a lake. Plus an endless supplies of flat pebbles  :winkgrin:
d] Plenty of other things that are classified as 'the pit material'....

[sven]

I hope all people ever lived will be friends, those wo were friends in this life shall be special friends, I hope God beeing a kind of good father and Jesus maybe a big brother, I hope this is not blasphemous.

to be honest I have no idea how the afterlife will be like, btw I don't like the term 'heaven', i prefer to say paradise or the Jewish terms olam haba or maybe gan eden to express my idea of the afterlife.

[sparrow]

For me heaven would be:
a] Being 4-6 years old forever. I always remember those days as sunny. Sun is rare where I live...
b] Be a dog playing with a ball. That's just 100% pure happines without any second thoughts.
c] Cottage at a lake. Plus an endless supplies of flat pebbles  :winkgrin:
d] Plenty of other things that are classified as 'the pit material'....

:happy3:

I love it!
hee... being a dog playing with a ball... that is so funny.  :laughing7:
Man, you don't know how cheered up and happy you made me feel with those thoughts...
thank you.  :happy3:

[sparrow]

I hope all people ever lived will be friends, those wo were friends in this life shall be special friends,

Me too. That's what I hope too. That everyone will be friends, but those we were close to and loved here during our earthly life, will be so much closer and "special" like just sharing a special bond forever. The closer you were the more important/special the bond. That's what I hope.

I hope God beeing a kind of good father and Jesus maybe a big brother, I hope this is not blasphemous.

I don't see that as being blasphemous at all. I think it's honest and lovely.

to be honest I have no idea how the afterlife will be like, btw I don't like the term 'heaven', i prefer to say paradise or the Jewish terms olam haba or maybe gan eden to express my idea of the afterlife.

That sounds nice. (I don't really like the term "heaven" either... wasn't really sure what else to call it.)

[firstborn888]

(I don't really like the term "heaven" either... wasn't really sure what else to call it.)

I 'saw' it for a split second (1977). Absolutely stunning. I focused on that split second for several years straight. After that food became optional and I even gave up women for over 4 years (!) a miracle for someone like me. In short - I wanted/needed nothing else.

My weight dropped dangerously low but when I got married I came back to the 'real' world again (and became overweight again - that girl can COOK!).

"Heaven" is a great term even though largely misunderstood. It's above, it's high. You look down on death like it's nothing because it is nothing. The history of this universe seems like a split second and everything is okay.

[onlytruth]

when i think of heaven...i want to think of my happy place,and i get such joy from that.
and then to understand that it is even better than i can imagine ...wow thats peace and rest :icon_king:

[sparrow]

(I don't really like the term "heaven" either... wasn't really sure what else to call it.)

I 'saw' it for a split second (1977). Absolutely stunning. I focused on that split second for several years straight. After that food became optional and I even gave up women for over 4 years (!) a miracle for someone like me. In short - I wanted/needed nothing else.

My weight dropped dangerously low but when I got married I came back to the 'real' world again (and became overweight again - that girl can COOK!).

"Heaven" is a great term even though largely misunderstood. It's above, it's high. You look down on death like it's nothing because it is nothing. The history of this universe seems like a split second and everything is okay.

Wow. That is fascinating....!  :icon_flower:
Thanks for sharing that!

[sparrow]

when i think of heaven...i want to think of my happy place,and i get such joy from that.
and then to understand that it is even better than i can imagine ...wow thats peace and rest :icon_king:

What's your happy place?
C'mon...

ok, you don't have to share if you don't want to.. :laughing7:
It's kind of a sacred thing, I know.  :HeartThrob:

[sparrow]

hey, you guys thanks for posting.
I remember a long time ago asking a similar question on an old forum I used to belong to...

man.
I got totally blasted. I was accused of focusing on the wrong things and how dare I?!
and that I was selfish and only concerned with pleasure and that I needed to pray and ask God to forgive me and to just "focus on Christ!!"  :thewife:

:sorry: Man, that sent me into a whirlwind of depression, confusion and just.... I don't know, ya'll.... just total sadness.

So glad I am now free to think about these types of things with a happy heart.  :icon_flower:

[Taffy]

Hey Little Bird :icon_flower:

I really didnt realise Our Bro Byron was a Babe magnet, Nate got his work cut out :icon_flower:

seriously thou.. if I  may?  My Happy place in this earthy realm, Is in a Field( we live In Britain where all is GREEN) with a panaramic veiw, watching the Sun Rise on beautiful  late spring Morn, sat while all are asleep , listening to the Birds , so Crisp  and  Fresh yet  still, as the dew on the Ground dampens your Feet, gently warming as the Sun blossoms  ..seems to last for ever...

Spring re- juvenates, Tis awesome... :icon_flower: :icon_flower: :icon_flower: :icon_flower:

those thoughts have aided me in wanting to keep being here..tis another story that one :icon_flower:

:icon_flower:

[claypot]

Sparrow, I was just this minute asking the same question to my kids.

For me I know exactly what I would like heaven will be to me. I think of it often, very often.

I want to ask God to let me experience all the earthly stuff I couldn't or wouldn't do before like skydiving, deep sea diving, mountain climbing and so forth. Now here is what I really want to do for a while. Have a cabin with a big fireplace on a mountain. I want to do a bunch of hiking and get a bit tired but real hungry. Then I want to go to my cabin and cook up the biggest, juciest steak I can imagine and have with it some big slices of good old texas toast with a lot of melted butter. Some garlic mashed potatoes and some peas and gravy. And sorry but I like A1 steak sauce too. I want to sit down and eat as much of this as I can and get full but not have that over full feeling.

This would be my beginning in heaven if I had my way.

cp

[Cardinal]

 :cloud9: I don't give one thought to what going to heaven is going to be like, mainly because my hope is in what I believe He is going to do in these last days, in a many membered body that will not see death by way of the grave. My  :2c: Blessings.....

[claypot]

:cloud9: I don't give one thought to what going to heaven is going to be like, mainly because my hope is in what I believe He is going to do in these last days, in a many membered body that will not see death by way of the grave. My  :2c: Blessings.....

Card, I think this is just a place to let it all out in a relaxed kind of way. Just dreams of peace and contentment. There are so many levels to think on as you have often taught me. This is just another one.

Not saying you were negative in any way but just in case I wanted to add my  :2c:

cp

[Cardinal]

 :cloud9: Well, I didn't intend for it to sound negative, if it did; I guess I've always been an "oddball" that way, as I've just never longed to go there. I don't want to miss what I think He's going to do here! Blessings....

[Taffy]

Of course Cp :icon_flower:

Its Just a Matter of where we Dwell .

:icon_flower:

[jabcat]

Oh, I think this is a fine topic...I'll have to think about it though.  I'm afraid my limited mind comes up with something that I believe has already been nixed in scripture...in that I'd like to be in a perfectly blissful, loving male-female relationship (me being the male still  :laughing7:)...just doing great things, exploring places together...I'm thinking I'm probably carnal here too, in that, I probably should be thinking only of worshipping at Jesus' feet  :dontknow:.

I don't want to miss what I think He's going to do here!

Hey Card, would you be open to a thread focusing on that, including what you see/have seen/understand?  Including in your last post, the "body that won't experience death by the grave"?  Just interested, maybe even intrigued...

[firstborn888]

I really didnt realise Our Bro Byron was a Babe magnet

I really didn't realize (going from atheism straight to church) that all single 20 something female Christians are praying for a husband. Ask them to dinner and you instantly become God's obvious answer to their prayers. Yikes!!!  :mshock: :mshock: :mshock:

[Cardinal]

I don't want to miss what I think He's going to do here!

Hey Card, would you be open to a thread focusing on that, including what you see/have seen/understand?  Including in your last post, the "body that won't experience death by the grave"?  Just interested, maybe even intrigued...

:cloud9: Sure, when I get time.....

[jabcat]

Good, I'll be watching  :thumbsup:...i see that as a good spin-off of this thread...you know, how one thought often (hopefully  :laughing7:) leads to another...God's blessing.

[sparrow]

seriously thou.. if I  may?  My Happy place in this earthy realm, Is in a Field( we live In Britain where all is GREEN) with a panaramic veiw, watching the Sun Rise on beautiful  late spring Morn, sat while all are asleep , listening to the Birds , so Crisp  and  Fresh yet  still, as the dew on the Ground dampens your Feet, gently warming as the Sun blossoms  ..seems to last for ever...

Spring re- juvenates, Tis awesome... :icon_flower: :icon_flower: :icon_flower: :icon_flower:

That's lovely!  :icon_flower:
I shall visit you one morn and join you, if you don't mind.  :happy3:

[sparrow]

Sparrow, I was just this minute asking the same question to my kids.

For me I know exactly what I would like heaven will be to me. I think of it often, very often.

I want to ask God to let me experience all the earthly stuff I couldn't or wouldn't do before like skydiving, deep sea diving, mountain climbing and so forth. Now here is what I really want to do for a while. Have a cabin with a big fireplace on a mountain. I want to do a bunch of hiking and get a bit tired but real hungry. Then I want to go to my cabin and cook up the biggest, juciest steak I can imagine and have with it some big slices of good old texas toast with a lot of melted butter. Some garlic mashed potatoes and some peas and gravy. And sorry but I like A1 steak sauce too. I want to sit down and eat as much of this as I can and get full but not have that over full feeling.

This would be my beginning in heaven if I had my way.

cp

To the bolded...Yes! I think of that all the time. People always seem sad when I tell them I've never been anywhere really, and y'know I don't feel so sad. Yeah, it would be nice, but I kinda feel like God is going to let me experience all of those things and sooooo much more!  :Sparkletooth:

I would also like to join you on one of your expeditions!  :happy3:
This is fun.. :laughing7: I'm lining up a bunch of cool adventures.. hee.

[sparrow]

Oh, I think this is a fine topic...I'll have to think about it though.  I'm afraid my limited mind comes up with something that I believe has already been nixed in scripture...in that I'd like to be in a perfectly blissful, loving male-female relationship (me being the male still  :laughing7:)...just doing great things, exploring places together...I'm thinking I'm probably carnal here too, in that, I probably should be thinking only of worshipping at Jesus' feet  :dontknow:.

Yes! Me too. This is like one of my main things that I like to think about. I feel that this is something very special that will be revealed. My husband is my best friend. So many possibilities.... I have faith that God will do things that are so much beyond our expectations.  Hmmm..this is a whole other topic, though. Maybe I'll get into this another day. (just all of my odd thoughts and "What if's" :happy3:

[fire walker]

Well, I had to ponder the deeper things of this question for some while before I could
reply, words can't ever fully express what it is we hope for but I can reply as far as
as the words can go.

Hope is to me of things that have not yet been seen, the things I would hope for in this world, age or life what ever way you read it is the same hope for the kingdom of heaven would be harmony, where every one has a place in the whole, to be enjoyed and appreciated by others as their servant in the area we are gifted to serve and we in turn shall appreciate and enjoy others in the area of life they are gifted to serve, harmony, love, peace and joy,as of now this has not been manifested in the world to any great wide spread extent we presently live in, the Prince of the power of the air is still at work in this world around us
and sadly still at work within the mortal flesh, yes I have hope in Christ, the ressurection to life but not in the mortal body condition we live in this world, nor all the corruption, wars, deception, sickness, hunger and nakedness we find ourselves in
because there is no peaceful harmony yet to much extent like I hope for other than gimpses of it inwardly.

Peace,
Fire Walker

[onlytruth]

another happy place ...would be walking in the cool of the day with our Father chatting about anything and  smiling and laughing back at each other.
i'm -also excited to see the kingdom come,and i refrain from word usages such as "when i die". since i long to walk fully in the kingdom
at the same time i know there is more... because all our hearts want to sing and dance with just joy ...and i hope it comes soon :icon_king:
have a great weekend everyone!!!