The Country of Christ

"...they are looking for a country of their own. If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. Instead, they were longing for a better country - a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them." -Hebrews 11:14b

"These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised. God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect." Hebrews 11:39

Prior to and in between the verses above, Paul is writing about various people who lived and died in faith. About people who had faith till the very end, even though what they had hoped for, never materialized during their life. I love that. I love how faith, from the perspective of the world, doesn't make ANY sense....that REALLY does sound odd for people to be "commended" for having a faith, that appears to be...for nothing! haha...yeah, that WOULD be odd. But in reality...those who lived (or live) and died (or die) in faith were (and are) RIGHT on, and they're not odd ...and it isn't for nothing.

I love that, "only together with us would they be made perfect"...God is the most essential part of every created thing. Without him in your life you have no hope of being or doing anything truly good or beautiful. You have no hope of being known or loved. It's sad that some people put Christianity in a dull light. To me, Jesus is the most amazing, gorgeous, loving, sweet, strong, kind, perfect, hilarious, innovative, creative, understanding, patient, wonderful person EVER. He is everything to me. I am desperate to be restored to him in Heaven...in His country. When i close my eyes and my little heart dreams of being with him...it's like dancing in a sunny windy field with my most loving and wonderful friend, eternally embracing your truest deepest friend, laughing till I fall over, crying and laughing at the same time...it just gets more and more out of control as I dream because the person that I am now and the heart and mind that I have now would be overwhelmed and unable to process what I WILL see and feel and experience in my new body in the country I am headed for...the Country of Christ.