I Hope

I hope in Heaven
I get to experience the Bible Stories first hand
and not just watch them on a huge 3D
screen in the Biblical Hall of Fame.

I hope I get to walk in the Garden of Eden
and listen for the sound of God's feet
walking towards me in the cool of the day,
seeking me so He can pour out His heart.

I hope I get to float in the ark
while it waits for dry land to appear.
I hope I can make supper with Noah's wife
and feed her chickens and pigs
the leftover scraps.

I hope to experience the thrill of trembling trust
as I walk between piled up waves from one side
of the Red Sea to the other
while my enemies close in behind me.

I hope I get to hide with David in the cave
and sneak out to its entrance and cut off part
of Saul's robe while he sleeps.
I want to feel
the heart pounding adrenalin of doing something
braver than running a sword through the heart
of God's anointed.

I hope I get to be in the belly of the whale
with Jonah for three minutes instead of three days.
I want to experience the eruption from slimy insides
into the brilliant light of day.

I want to be Ruth and know the agony
of a husband's death
and the ecstasy and wild heart beating
that comes from laying down at the feet
of a kind man whom I'm beginning to love
when it's past the hour
of good people's bedtime.

I want to be Mary in the stable.
I want to bring forth the Son of God
and hold His wet warm body in my arms
and weep over Him as I am weeping now.

I want to be Mary Magdalene
and know the despair and torment of demonic
possession and experience the deliverance
of a Savior who doesn't send me away
when He is finished with me.

I want to help take His broken body down
from the cross.
I want to clean the blood of His face
and kiss Him again and again.
They will have to tear Him away from me
for I will not let Him go.

I want to be there in the garden
when I am blinded with tears and sorrow.
I want to not know who He is
until He says my name.

I want to know Him
from Genesis to Revelation.
I want to follow Him
from Heaven to Hell
to Heaven again.

I want to know what He's done
for every person
and experience it first hand
myself.

And I will worship Him
and praise Him
forever and ever
because of the names He is called
because of what He has done.