"The martyrs in heaven mentioned in Revelation 6:9-11 clearly remember what happened on earth, including the great suffering they underwent. . . This passage argues against the prevalent belief that to remember any unpleasant things would automatically strip us of happiness in heaven. Heaven's joy is not dependent upon an erased mind, but a renewed mind. That will include a sense of the relative greatness of the eternal joys of heaven in comparison to the brevity of our earthly sufferings (Romans 8:18)." -Randy Alcorn
May ya'll's minds be renewed today as you face trials of various kinds!
1 comment:
I've read that passage in Revelation so many times, but had never made that connection! I'd always thought of heaven as a "blank slate" type of mentality, but clearly that's not the case.
Thanks for the food for thought!
Blessings,
Shannon
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