“How amiable are thy taberncles.  O Lord of hosts!   my sul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lords:  my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.”    Psalms 84:1

   Those who know Christ most are the most grateful.  I recently read a story of a woman who for years was married to a harsh husband.   each day he would leave her a list of chores to complete before he returned at the end of the day.

     If she didn’t complete the tasks, she wold be greeted with his explosive anger.   But even if she did complete the list, he was never satisfied.    After several years, the husband passed away.    Some time later she remarried, this time to a man who lavished her with tenderness and adoration.

     One day, while going through a box of old papers, the wife discovered one of her first husband’s lists.   And as she read the sheet, a realization caused a tear of joy to splash on the paper.     ” I’m still doing all these things, and no one has to tell me.  I do it because I love him!”     

     What a unique characteristic of the new kingdom.   Its subjects don’t work in order to go to heaven:   they work because they are going to heaven.      Arrogance and fear are replaced with gratitud and joy.

Be blessed!