What is Heaven like?

At that time Jesus said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. - Matthew 11:25

And he said: "I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. - Matthew 18:3

We started reading The Lamb, by John Cross for family devotions at night. It's the children's version of Strangers on the Road to Emmaus, by John Cross, and it goes through the Bible chronologically. The gospel really made sense to me when I read the book and studied the Bible in this way. It's costly ( $42 at SKS), but so worth the investment.

We read about what Heaven is like tonight. When Alvin asked the girls what Heaven is like, Lauren said, " Fine", practising her newly learned vocabulary word. She said it with so much effort and sincerity we tried really hard not to burst out laughing. Of course she was right, Heaven is fine - in every sense of the word.

Christen said, " Flowers." I began to imagine Heaven just filled with flowers of all colours and sizes and fragrance, and began to really 'see' how beautiful Heaven was going to be.

I thought those answers were precious because they were perspectives from children, and not trite answers that we know in our heads but not in our hearts and souls.

Those verses are so, so true.