Whatever the challenges of today, Christians can hold onto the hope of heaven

Jesus could endure anything because he knew where he was heading, says Sheila Walsh. She explains how the promise of heaven gives us unshakable peace for today, and outrageous hope for tomorrow 

As a little girl, I remember sitting on the beach beside my mum one day. It was an unusually warm spring day for Scotland. There was no wind, and the sea was like glass. The sky was periwinkle blue, and we could see across the water to the island of Arran. There was still a touch of snow on the peak of Goatfell, its tallest mountain. It was a perfect day. “Do you think this is what heaven will be like?” I asked my mum. “This and so much more,” she said.  

That’s what heaven will be like. This and so much more.