Things we will leave behind

I've been reading some books by Randy Alcorn on Heaven, and I've been really encouraged by them, as well as some conversations with friends about the same topic.

We really don't think enough about it, and how concrete and physical and amazing and REAL it will be. We won't be floating around on clouds playing harps, deathly bored...far from it.

Although I've been thinking a lot about what I will enjoy about Heaven...first and foremost, Christ...I've also been thinking a lot about what we will leave behind. Sometimes it's easy to be nervous and think well, we really enjoy this life, we just aren't ready to leave it, are we?

Of course, all the good things we enjoy will be there, only better. But, it helps me to think of all the things we will be leaving behind. Maybe it will help you too.

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sin

death

fear (sinful fear)

pain

hospitals

sickness

idolatry

rape

crying

murder

pride

dread

confusion

never feeling at home

watching friends suffer

medical errors/ignorance

pervasive sinful thoughts

irritation

impatience

funerals

passive-aggressiveness

anxious thoughts

sulking

sinful distraction

doubt

wanting to give up

masks

earthly-mindedness

lies and deceit

craving

jealousy

mosquito bites

fights with good friends

injustice

sinful dependency

broken things

counseling homework (the ouchy stuff)

coronavirus

abandonment

obsessive thoughts

the way someone has hurt in their eyes when you sin against them

assumptions

bitterness

unfulfilled longings

believing the worst

man's plan and not God's

abortion

fear of condemnation

spiritual blindness

uncertainty

"my fellow South Africans..."

bad what if's

gossip

stuffy noses

draining others

political riots

uncertainty

anxiety train

thorns

injuries

exhaustion

divorce

thinking I'm better than others

second-guessing

selfishness

anger

SIDS

emotional flamethrowing

hurtful speech (mine and others')

bad news

vomiting and nausea

everything ouchy

feeling left out

that hard feeling when you can't cry

orphanages

misery

awkwardness

bad days

rollercoaster emotions

condemnation

poverty

lawbreaking

carelessness

poison ivy

apprehension

disabilities

war

striving, trying to prove ourselves

same-sex attraction

embarrassment

panic attacks

wicked hearts

looking to others for what only Christ can provide

abuse

security gates

soul-tiredness

cancer

perfectionism

carjacking

hard feelings

barbed wire

miscommunication

conflict

lockdown

lockdown from God

laziness

rebellion

separation

hard conversations

hard loving

boredom

numbness

grief

unjust laws

racism

feeling unsettled/restless

sinful, bitter politics

tantrums

fighting

betrayal

crime

hate

sensory issues

being overwhelmed

suspicion

theft

the sting of death

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And that's just some of it. What would you add?