“When the Lord restores the fortress of Zion, we were like those who dream. Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy; then they said among the nations, ‘ The LORD has done great things for them’, The LORD has done great things for us” -Psa.126

The thrill of going home for the summer when I was away from my parents at boarding school…

A wife and her two children shrieking in delight when their soldier husband/dad surprises them at a ball game…

A man laughs uncontrollably in discovering he wins the 1 million dollar lottery…

A young woman cries for joy in the doctors office hearing that her cancer is gone….

The crowd goes wild as their star receiver catches the pass with only two seconds left on the clock, and their team wins…

…..all this not does not even close to the sheer exuberant uncontainable delight of what it will be like when we take that first step into glory….

KEEP IT ALL IN PERSPECTIVE THIS WEEK!