When we reach that place set aside for us by our heavenly Father, surely there will be excited conversations.

First will be our congratulations to each other for having made it to such a delightful place. Surprise and delight might be followed by silence as we realize the absence of some we felt surely would be there, or others that we failed to witness to, who might have been with us.

There likely will be no mention of the day’s headlines on earth or the game Saturday. No politics will be discussed. No talk about the stock market.

And certainly, there will be no details passed around of the failings or shortcomings of others, either present or not present. Those remarks will be completely trumped by the realization that we made it ourselves only by the grace of God.

Then, we will praise Him for his grace and mercy abundant. The conversation will be on how gracious is our Lord, how wise were His dealings with us, and how forgiving of our many, many faults. We will wonder at his overlooking of our wrongdoings even as we were so fastidious of the faults of others in our lives. His grace will seem so rich alongside our selfishness.

We will feel reproved by His judgment just passed, but greatly relieved that mercy overruled so much more than that which we showed others in our earthly lives. How well he understood us when we made mistakes, and gave us the benefit of the doubt which we withheld to those we judged. And we will be so glad to learn that no grudges are held in Heaven by that One who might well have weighed so heavily against us.

All things considered, we will cry out our acclamation that He is indeed so much superior to us who felt superior to those around us. We will praise his name and join the four and twenty elders of Revelation 4:11 who chorus,

“Thou art worthy O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.”