Do you feel like I do?

[wyguy]

No, I'm not talking about a Peter Frampton song.

I don't know about you guys, but more and more lately I have such a powerful longing for Heaven. It's like my soul wants to burst out of my body and go be with the Lord. Something in me has shifted and all I want is to be off of this planet and fall before the feet of God. I am losing interest in things that took up so much of my attention before, and I was wondering if any of y'all felt like this.

[OneLight]

Yup ... have for a few years!

[~candice~]

I feel a strong pull to prayer... not to heaven yet because there are so many unsaved and their souls are a burden. A plead to the Lord to bring some more people into the Kingdom, and to strengthen those of us already in the Kingdom, because we are marching into the tribulation....

[LeonaWithHumility]

I do, but I'm sure it's mostly due to my husband's illness. But, there have been many times when the thought of seeing the face of Jesus would surely be better than what I go through here on earth.

[MorningGlory]

I look forward to being with the Lord (and with all of you) but I'm not ready to go just yet. I have family members that I have to get right with Him....somehow.

[Blien]

No, I'm not talking about a Peter Frampton song.

I don't know about you guys, but more and more lately I have such a powerful longing for Heaven. It's like my soul wants to burst out of my body and go be with the Lord. Something in me has shifted and all I want is to be off of this planet and fall before the feet of God. I am losing interest in things that took up so much of my attention before, and I was wondering if any of y'all felt like this.

Someone asked me today on facebook why I was so "one dimensional" because all I ever do is talk about God and she was sure I had hobbies and interests and favorit qoutes outside of God. So I replied and said to her,

Galatians 2:20

[wyguy]

My sister is the exact opposite. She wants to stay here because she "doesn't want to miss anything."

That baffles me!

[sunnier]

Yeah I do. I've been feeling like this for a while now. It's only my children who keep me here. Before when I used to read about Paul and how he says he yearns to be with the Lord but because of the love he has for the gentiles he would rather stay here on Earth I would always wonder and ask myself if that can be really true. And I'll admit I would always end up thinking 'yea whatever how can anyone rather stay here on Earth than be in heaven.' But now that I have children I understand what he means. Because it's my love for my children that I keep asking the Lord to give me health and life. But I often tell my Lord in prayer if it wasn't for my kids I would be SO SO ready to go home.

[wyguy]

Don't get me wrong, I'm not too thrilled with the process of dying, but I know that Jesus will be there at the very moment of my death and that an angel will carry me to Heaven (I hope he's a strong one, as I'm pretty heavy), but for me, it's like when you went away to camp when you were a kid - it's nice and exciting sometimes, but deep inside all you want is to go home.

And that's what I want - to go home.

[winsomebulldog]

WARNING! Long winded and round about answer ahead!

I have gone through a LOT of grief in my life and have lived with clinical depression pretty much as far back as I can remember. Also, though my mother was a Christian, she was a CHRONIC worrier and passed that wonderful trait on to me. (I must inform you at this point that I have learned not only the futility of worry, but also the sinfulness of it and so generally do not succumb when it comes knocking.)

So, having said all this, I admit to not necessarily feeling a powerful drawing toward Heaven, but I certainly feel a repulsion for Earth! Honestly, if I wasn't a Christian who knew God was in complete control of everything, I'd be scared to death of what I see going on around me. Society as a whole seems to be going to you know where in a handbasket and it just gets worse and worse every single day. The news makes me downright nauseous anymore. And the mess being made in Washington isn't helping matters any either.

I have a lot of family in heaven and I long desperately to see them once more. But having suffered from the worst that depression has to offer, I cannot allow myself to dwell on how much I miss them. I think there's a part of me that's a little afraid that if I spend too much time thinking about heaven, I'll just lose interest in this world altogether and that leads to a dangerous place for someone like me.

So, I long for Heaven, but I don't dwell on it. Though, the way things are going in this world, I do hope we don't have to be here to see it get much worse.