I struck up a conversation with the lady next to me. She made a comment that “this is what heaven will be like.” I immediately found myself in total agreement with her. Here were many people with many skin colors, many foreign accents, many native tougnes (though this was an English language service), and they all forgot their differences to come and worship.
Then the beautiful singing started. I looked around the auditorium again and as I listened I was reminded of Don Piper’s description of the music in heaven in his moving book 90 Minutes in Heaven . There were no clashing sounds. Each sound blended together in joyous praise despite all the differences in the singers. Students. kids, teenagers, Moms, construction workers, factory owners, secretaries, bankers, and goverment officials were all united in praise.
I felt like I’d been given a precious gift. A glimpse into what heaven must be like.
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3 comments:
Yeah, I agree with you also..that's what heaven must be like.
I've been to the International fellowship also when I went to Beijing last year. I felt home when I was there. We can't worship like that in other part of China. I'm serving in the Southern part of China. I went to Beijing to visit my friends. They are blessed to have that freedom to worship with other fellow believers.
genfaith,
It was a moving experience for me to be there. Thanks for letting God use you in China. I hope He'll use you in a mighty way!
Thanks Phil. I'm blessed with your blog. For sure I'll keep visiting your site.
By the way, there are a lot of brethren also from my country "the Philippines" in the Int'l fellowship in Beijing.
God bless you.
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