In a Twinkling

"Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed." (1 Corinthians 15:51-52)

When I was a kid, something about the phrase "in the twinkling of an eye" appealed to me. It just made me happy. Okay, honestly, it still does.

But as an adult, with a somewhat better ability to determine what's more important in scripture, I realized it's those last four words that should really make me happy.

"... we shall be changed."

Have you ever wished you were someone else? Someone different? I think most of us probably have at some point.

Maybe you only wished you were different. Taller, shorter, thinner, more muscular, smarter, funnier, whatever. Again, I think most of us--if we're honest--would have to admit we've done that at some point in our lives. I certainly have.

But imagine--and it's not really that easy for me--you'll be changed completely into a being fit to spend eternity with God. Don't misunderstand me, I don't believe any of us will ever be worthy of God's love and mercy. We don't deserve to spend eternity with Him. But if we live a life according to His will, God will change us so we are fit for Heaven.

I have no idea what that means. I can't begin to imagine. All I know is, I want to know. I want to experience that "... twinkling of an eye ..." and become a creature fit to spend eternity worshiping at the throne of my Creator.

So much better than thinner, smarter, prettier. Fit for Heaven

I may never think of a twinkling eye the same way again.