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We Shall Recognize Each Other, December 15
Heavens Is a Real and Wonderful Place
Now I know in part; but then I shall know even as also I am
known.
1 Corinthians 13:12
In the mansions above we shall meet to part no more. We shall know
each other in our heavenly home.
The redeemed will meet and recognize those whose attention they
have directed to the uplifted Saviour. What blessed converse they have
with these souls! “I was a sinner,” it will be said, “without God and
without hope in the world, and you came to me and drew my attention
to the precious Saviour as my only hope.... Others will say, “I was a
heathen in heathen lands. You left your friends and comfortable home
and came to teach me how to find Jesus and believe in Him as the only
true God. I demolished my idols and worshiped God, and now I see Him
face to face. I am saved, eternally saved, ever to behold Him whom I
love....”
Others will express their gratitude to those who fed the hungry and
clothed the naked. “When despair bound my soul in unbelief, the Lord
sent you to me,” they say, “to speak words of hope and comfort. You
brought me food for my physical necessities, and you opened to me the
Word of God, awakening me to my spiritual needs. You treated me as
a brother. You sympathized with me in my sorrows, and restored my
bruised and wounded soul, so that I could grasp the hand of Christ that
was reached out to save me. In my ignorance you taught me patiently that
I had a Father in heaven who cared for me. You read to me the precious
promises of God’s Word. You inspired in me the faith that He would
save me. My heart was softened, subdued, broken, as I contemplated the
sacrifice which Christ had made for me.... I am here, saved, eternally
saved, ever to live in His presence and to praise Him who gave His life
for me.”
What rejoicing there will be as these redeemed ones meet and greet
those who have had a burden in their behalf! And those who have lived,
not to please themselves, but to be a blessing to the unfortunate who
have so few blessings—how their hearts will thrill with satisfaction!
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