Heaven is better than a story

In all good stories we find conflict.
In comedy, in drama, in tragedy and in romance we always find a problem or an obstacle or an opponent.
A story without conflict isn't even a story to us.

Maybe that's why some people seem to think Heaven would be boring.

Heaven doesn't make a good story.

Heaven seems like the sappy ending where all is right and nothing interesting is left to happen.

Even Christians sometimes indicate boredom at the idea of Heaven.

I think this mindset that demeans Heaven for a lack of drama betrays our carnal minds.

I like to think about Heaven.

When I was a boy I had a simple faith and I experienced overflowing quiet Joy simply kneeling at a pew and praying to God and feeling the presence of the Holy Spirit. For years afterwards I left God and foolishly chased after lesser idols. Even now as a Christian, those experiences of joy and wonder are still rare. Perhaps that's because the lack of obedience stole some of my joy. Perhaps it's because I don't approach God with the same attitude of humble expectant reverence.

I look forward to Heaven as a place of wonder and joy.

I've never seen the Great Canyon or Niagara Falls but I have seen scenes in nature that took me completely outside of myself for a moment. Time seemed to stop as I lost myself in wonder. It isn't that I lost my self in thought. I simply would stand without thinking as my senses filled me with the unimaginable.

I imagine Heaven will pull us very far outside of ourselves as we're filled with wonder at the glory of God. Perhaps we'll dissolve in his glory as a drop of rain dissolves in an ocean.

It makes eternity seem very small when we imagine what it will be filled with. Just as a child can spend hours in simply wonder, I imagine we will not be aware of the passage of time in Heaven as we are absorbed in wonder.