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THURSDAY APRIL 16


THE BEST FISHING HOLES

READ:
2 Corinthians 12:4
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He was caught up
into Paradise and
heard inexpressible
words.
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My friend Gus passed away a few months ago. Gus was a fellow trout fisherman. Weekends usually found him in his little boat on a nearby lake, casting for fish. I got a letter from his daughter Heidi the other day. She told me she's been talking about heaven with her grandkids since Gus went to his home in heaven. Her 6-year-old grandson, who also loves to fish, explained what heaven is like and what great-Grandpa Gus is doing: "It's really beautiful," he mused, "and Jesus is showing Grandpa Gus where the best fishing holes are."

When Paul reported his God-given vision of heaven, words failed him. He said, "I was caught up to paradise and heard things so astounding that they cannot be expressed in words" (2 COR. 1:24NLT). Words cannot convey the facts of heaven__perhaps because we humans are unable to comprehend them.

While we might gain some comfort from knowing more details about heaven, it is not the knowledge of heaven that assures us; it is our knowledge of God Himself. Because I know Him and I know how good He is, I can leave this life and everything in it with utter confidence that heaven will be beautiful and Jesus will show me "where the best fishing holes are"__because that's the kind of God He is! __David Roper


**Let us beg and pray Him day by day to reveal Himself to our souls more
fully, to quicken our sense, to give us sight and hearing, taste and touch of the
world to come. __JOHN HENRY NEWMAN. ____________________________________________________
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Nothing on earth compares to being with Christ in heaven

************************Today's Bible Reading __ Revelation 22:1-5****************************
1 And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as
crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the
Lamb. 2 In the middle of its street, and on either side of
the river, was the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits,
each tree yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree
were for the healing of the nations. 3 And there shall be no more
curse, but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it,
and His servants shall serve Him. 4 They shall see His face, and
His name shall be on their foreheads. 5 There shall be no night
there: They need no lamp nor light of the sun, for the Lord God
gives them light. And they shall reign forever and ever.


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In the book of Revelation, the apostle John
writes of the new heaven and earth and the heavenly city of
Jerusalem (21:1-25). In this marvelous scene we are brought
back to a garden setting, reminiscent of the garden of Eden at
the dawn of human history (GEN. 2-3). What was ruined by sin
in Eden is now fully restored (GEN. 3:1-19, REV. 22:1-3). The Tree of
Life, representing never-ending physical life that was denied
humanity because of sin, is now readily available and accessible
(GEN 3:22-24, REV. 22:2). The curse brought about by sin is completely
reversed (GEN 3:14-19, REV. 22:3). There will be purity, perfect service,
and perfect communion with God. The greatest blessing will be
the unhindered fellowship with God Himself, for we "shall see his
face" (REV. 22:4).