A large part of the blessed hope of heaven is its re-unions. The Bible gives us many glimpses of the glory and beauty of the home that awaits us. We are told of streets of gold, of gates of pearl, of a river of the water of life, of a crystal sea – all that earth can find of splendour is brought into the picture to heighten our conception of the glories of heaven. But that which makes heaven dear to those who have loved ones there is not so much the promise of all this splendour of beauty, as the hope of again getting with the dear friends who are in the midst of all this incomparable beauty.
This reading was taken from Things to Live For
Chapter 19 : How They Stay With Us