“Thy will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven”
(the third petition of the Lord’s
Prayer)
I have been
thinking a lot about this petition in the last week. In particular because of how we teach kids
(and honestly ourselves) about heaven, and how we use our language to solidify
this imagery. Are earth and heaven
really different places? Some may say
yes. Some may say no, some may talk
about the “thin places” where we can actually see/feel the heaven next to us.
What if we
revised this petition just a little and said “Thy will be done on earth – as earth IS in Heaven. If we can talk about God being all
encompassing – why would it be so difficult to shift our thinking to the
understanding that heaven is also all encompassing…
It’s maybe both comforting to believe in the possibility
that we already are in the “space” of God’s home and compelling for us to live
as though we are in that space.
Would we live out our lives differently if we saw this earth
as a part of heaven?
May the peace and light of heaven surround you always.
Pastor Erin
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