“In the life to come, we will love God more truly because we will finally have an unclouded appreciation of his love for us. Our love for others will also be transformed. In the light of God’s love in heaven, nothing and nobody will be unlovely.
Can you imagine a life where you know, without any creeping anxiety, that you are perfectly and totally loved by God? Where you love him in return without any whisper of shame or inadequacy? A life where you are entirely secure in the love of those around you and are able to love them all without feeling exposed or vulnerable? Where you love people with such a generous freedom that you yourself only become more open and lovely?
This is life in the glory of God and the light of the Lamb who was slain. The grace we have found at the foot of the cross we will discover again and again in wave after infinite wave: the free giving of the superabundant one to those who are in themselves empty, needy, and longing.” (What Fuels The Mission Of The Church?, Daniel Hames & Michael Reeves)