A GLIMPSE OF PARADISE
When I first gave myself totally to God this year, I walked in a state that in retrospect was a glimpse of what's possible, of where he is taking me. It was a vision that gave me hope. Since it faded, this is the first time I've felt a sense of direct movement back toward that state. I continue to let myself go in God, and this transformation breaks upon me like a wave beyond that of thought or emotion. It's a sense, an awareness, a sort of homecoming. It's like I've existed as a shard of glass, broken and apart, being reintegrated back into the whole. It is a redemption in the strongest sense of the word.
We have a saying, "Home is where the heart is." In my estimation, Heaven is not a place. You cannot find it on a map. You cannot point to it. Heaven can be anywhere and is anywhere for a soul that has found its way Home. My body may be on earth, but if my soul is with God, I am Home. So I continue to give myself to God and look upon the horizon with wonder and anticipation of what comes next. I walk with confidence because I trust I am in his realm now. And though I have not seen it before, it is my realm too.