Our Big Family

I bless you to

Look with John amidst the Patmos vision:

“Behold, a great multitude

That no one could number,

From every nation,

From all tribes

And Peoples

And Languages,

Standing before the throne

And before the Lamb,

Clothed in white robes,

With palm branches in their hands.” (Rev. 7:9)

When the curtain of heaven

Is peeled back

And you’re given a peek

Into the glory of it all

You find out that your

Family is a lot bigger than

One might think!

God has some fun with Abraham

When He asked the old man to

Count the stars—

As if they could be counted.

Maybe Abraham tried:

Five thousand Two Hundred Twenty-Three—

No, wait, that’s 5,224 I think.

If he had a Hubble telescope

He might estimate 100 billion

In the Milky Way alone.

The Great Commission isn’t failing.

God isn’t finished.

Heaven is greater than we know

And its population growth is explosive.

If you feel alone or forgotten or even persecuted

Remember your unnumerable

Brothers and sisters already around the throne!