Something to look forward to before Heaven
Lent Reflection #27 2026 from author Alison Lloyd
We all with unveiled faces are looking as in a mirror at the glory of the Lord and are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory. This is from the LORD who is the Spirit. 2 Corinthians 3:18
As I get older, I understand more how some Christians can look forward to dying as an escape into heaven. I can’t seem to shake off various minor but annoying aches and pains. I feel my energy levels drop. Heaven seems great in comparison. Of course heaven is going to be fabulous. It’s worth looking forward to.
But this verse is in the present tense. We are being transformed now, Paul writes. He’s not talking about a far-off future. Something of Jesus’ incredibly beautiful character – his magnetic love and awe-inspiring sacrifice, i.e. his glory – is showing up here, in me. Unbelievable. And it’s a process that this life helps to work in me. Life is polishing my soul. As I trudge forward, looking at Jesus as the end goal, bits of Him are going to reflect off me.
Paul’s writings in general remind me how we’ve only got one shot at life here. I need to make the best of it. I don’t know in what way the Holy Spirit is going to show up in me today. I don’t know who is going to see the image of Jesus in me, not because I am such a good saint, but because the Holy Spirit is miraculous. I am not wonderful but He is. And this is really something to look forward to, before I get to heaven.
I say: great! Go for it. Do your best Lord!
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