Back To Home Page To Archives - Spring of Life - H. Roger Bothwell Beyond Our Dreams A few years ago my neighbor bought a nice lakeside lot not too far away. He decided to build a little cabin as a place to go on weekends just to relax. However when he took his simple cabin blue prints to the county planning office he discovered building codes required an extensive amount of plumping. Realizing how much that would cost it seemed foolish to spend all that money on a cabin so he decided to build a small house. However once his children discovered he was going to build a house they each wanted a bedroom so they could have family gatherings at the lake. The cabin is now a 3500 square foot, four-bedroom, three-bathroom home with a grand deck overlooking the water. As he told me his tale of unintended growth, I was reminded of young people, who upon becoming engaged to be married say they are going to have a small wedding with just a few close friends. A good share of the time it doesn't work out that way. The small wedding often turns into an elaborate event costing many times what they first imagined. Good things and often bad things often exceed our original concept of what will be. So it will be for those who make Jesus the Lord of their lives. We cannot help but wonder what heaven is like. It's natural to conjecture. But Paul assures us in Ephesians 3:20 that we cannot ever imagine the wonder that God has in store for His precious redeemed. "Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, . . ." I'm Roger Bothwell and my address is roger.bothwell@verizon.net or 151 Old Farm Rd. Leominster, MA 01453. Thank you for your support of our faith ministry. Past devotionals can be accessed at Archives