Perpetual Resurrection

There is a certain joy that comes with believing in eternal life. The thought of being reunited in Heaven with each other and with those who have gone on before us and those who will come after us fills our hearts and minds with happiness and hope. We are inspired by the sense of presence among us of those who, as Charles Wesley wrote “sing the Lamb in hymns above and we in hymns below” (“Happy the Souls to Jesus Joined,” Charles Wesley). Many of our favorite hymns lift us in celebration. My favorite hymn is “When We All Get to Heaven” by Eliza Hewitt. We all share countless hymns about Heaven because they paint vivid imagery and rouse feelings of closeness to our loved ones who continue to live just over the proverbial Jordan River “In the Sweet By and By.”