A FOREVER HELLO - All Our Daily Bread Daily Devotionals for 2026

Our Daily Bread - Thursday, October 14, 2016
by RBC Ministries

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A FOREVER HELLO

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Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.
-2 Corinthians 5:5

THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Isaiah 43-44
1 Thessalonians 2

After a week's vacation with her daughter and 4-month-old grandson, Oliver, Kathy had to say goodbye until she could see them again. She wrote to me saying, "Sweet reunions like we had make my heart long for heaven. There, we won't have to try to capture memories in our mind. There, we won't have to pray for the time to go slowly and the days to last long. There, our hello will never turn into a goodbye. Heaven will be a â€˜forever hello,' and I can't wait." As a first-time grandma, she wants to be with her grandson Oliver as much as possible! She's thankful for any time she can be with him and for the hope of heaven - where the wonderful moments will never end.
Our good days do seem too short, and our difficult days far too long. But both kinds of days cause us to long for even better days ahead. The apostle Paul said that he and the Corinthians longed to be "clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life" (2 Corinthians 5:4 NIV). Although the Lord is with us in this life, we cannot see Him face to face. Now we live by faith, not by sight (v.7).
God made us for the very purpose of being near to Him always (v.5). Heaven will be a forever hello. - Anne Cetas
Face to face - O blissful moment!
Face to face - to see and know;
Face to face with my Redeemer,
Jesus Christ who loves me so! - Breck

Now we see Jesus in the Bible, but then, face to face.

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