With her little face pressed against the display window, a girl gazes with rapture at the beautiful dolls inside the toy store. She is enthralled by the miniature houses with their tiny dishes and detailed furniture. Oh, to get inside and play with those beckoning toys!

A man stands on the seashore as dawn slowly floods the eastern horizon with glory. His hope is in Christ, and he thinks about heaven with all of its splendor. Oh, to enter into that world--what unimaginable joy!

C. S. Lewis said that while on this earth we are "on the wrong side of the door." But he added, "All the leaves of the New Testament are rustling with the rumor it will not always be so."

Jesus doesn't leave us "on the wrong side of the door." It is because of Him that we anticipate heaven. The hope He gives us is not due to our good character or service, nor because we have earned the right to enter heaven (Ti. 3:5). No, we will see our Savior only because of our faith in His supreme sacrifice on the cross of Calvary.

When we reach heaven, we'll understand the far-reaching implications of 1 Corinthians 2:9, "Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him."  — Vernon C. Grounds