The rising sun was reflecting red in all the tidal pools on Friday morning. So lovely. I thanked Jehovah for it, but also asked him that, one day, I will be able to watch the sun rising over the sea and thank him from a perfect heart. And I asked on the Captain's behalf too.
It will take the Thousand Years before we can do that. However, now that I have reached my three score years and ten (and a bit!), I can see that even a hundred years is not a long time - so ten of them is not really a long time either. And it will be a busy time - but busy with satisfying work, work that you look forward to and look back on with satisfaction - full of interest and amazement. And then our real lives will begin!
Which seems a good introduction to the next extract from the Watchtower magazine on the resurrection, because I often think about the joy of welcoming back the resurrected dead.
IN WHAT WAYS WILL THE RESURRECTION BRING US JOY?
10. How will the resurrection affect you?
10 Imagine what it will be like to greet your loved ones again. Will the joy you feel make you laugh or cry? Will you fill the air with songs of praise to Jehovah? One thing is certain, you will feel intense love for your caring Father and his unselfish Son because of the wonderful gift of the resurrection.
11. According to Jesus’ words recorded at John 5:28, 29, what will those who live by God’s righteous standards experience?
11 Imagine the joy that those who are resurrected will feel as they strip off their old personality and live according to God’s righteous standards. Those who make these changes will experience a resurrection of life. On the other hand, those who rebel against God will not be allowed to disrupt the peace of Paradise.—Isa. 65:20; read John 5:28, 29.
https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2020526#h=64
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