As the name of my blog indicates, I spend a lot of time thinking about home. Of course, my Heavenly Home is the one that is eternal, so that’s where I need to lay up my treasures, and that’s the one I’m striving for. But in the meantime, I have been given this tiny piece of the here-and-now—this home on the edge of town, this family, this neighborhood—in which to serve Him. And, though this is in the earthly realm, I want the things that happen here to be investments in the Heavenly realm.



Tuesday, November 13, 2018

What Will It Be?


What will it be to see Him whom I have known so long but never seen before? To adore His beauty, to worship Him in holiness; to see Him crowned with glory and honour who was wounded, bruised, oppressed, afflicted -- what will it be to see Him and not another, not a stranger?

What will it be to serve in perfect purity and in untiring vigour? To see no more through a glass darkly, to grope no more on the edge of knowledge, but to press on into that kingdom to which no frontier is set? To see with new eyes, to hear with new ears, to know no more in part but even as also we are known?

What will it be when Faith and Hope fade out of sight and only Love is left?

What will it be? We cannot tell. We do not know.

Only this we know: the travail of the journey is not worthy to be compared with the glory that shall be revealed to usward, even to usward, though we be the least of the redeemed.

~ Amy Carmichael


From Amy Carmichael: Beauty for Ashes by Iain H. Murray 






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  1. Brenda@CoffeeTeaBooksNovember 13, 2018 at 2:20 PM

    Amen!

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  2. The Joy of Home with Martha EllenNovember 13, 2018 at 3:43 PM

    I can only imagine...♥

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  3. FlowerLady LorraineNovember 13, 2018 at 4:29 PM

    This was beautiful!

    This line captured my attention. Something I never thought of before.

    "What will it be when Faith and Hope fade out of sight and only Love is left?" WOW!

    Thanks for sharing ~ FlowerLady

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  4. GrammaGritsNovember 13, 2018 at 5:02 PM

    This brings tears.

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  5. VeeNovember 13, 2018 at 6:25 PM

    Dear Amy would know...wonderful to think of her walking in wholeness after all those years of being bedridden.

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    1. Cheryl November 13, 2018 at 11:54 PM

      And the "travail of the journey is not worthy to be compared with the glory that shall be revealed to usward . . . "

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  6. Deanna Rabe - Creekside Cottage BlogNovember 13, 2018 at 9:31 PM

    What beautiful thoughts! Making me think of our dear pastor friend who is now with the Lord!

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    1. Cheryl November 13, 2018 at 11:58 PM

      And I had not read your post when I shared this, but yes! "No more through a glass darkly . . . "

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  7. Brenda Leyland @ Its A Beautiful LifeNovember 14, 2018 at 10:57 AM

    A beautiful word this morning. Thank you!

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  8. Debby RayNovember 14, 2018 at 2:09 PM

    Ah...what a beautiful thought...to see HIM! It reminds me of the old song, "It will be worth it all, when we see Jesus...." In these days especially, I am thinking about this more and more. Wonderful post, my friend!

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  9. Cranberry MorningNovember 15, 2018 at 10:43 PM

    Beautiful post, Cheryl.

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  10. ellen b.November 16, 2018 at 8:59 PM

    Yes, what will it be?

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