We often talk about how we live in "the real world," and it's hard not to think that way. We look at our day-to-day life, what is tangible, and it is easy to get caught up in it sometimes and think, "this is all there is..."
We have accepted the Lord, and we are living all of our days with him. Many of us can see just how much better our lives are because he is in them.
To be frank, it's very easy for me to forget that Jesus didn't die just to be with us in this life, but for us to be with him in the next!
There is something waiting for us, an amazing blessing and existence that far outweighs any trouble we have in this life, or any blessings for that matter!
Jesus Christ invites us to eternity with him. And when we step into that, we will see that we never really knew what the "real world" was until that moment.
"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you, who through faith are shielded by God's power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, 9 for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls." 1 Peter 1:3-9 (NIV)
