A longing, burning, yearning-for a distant place
An eternal home, where I’ll see my Savior’s face
Now it seems like Shadowlands, only in my dreams
This hope lives in my heart, where it softly gleams

Now I only know in part and cannot clearly see
Often tripping over boulders placed by the enemy
Sometimes bound by circumstance, it’s hard to even move
That is when I walk by faith, thereby truth to prove

When time ceases to exist, there’ll be no moon nor sun
Eternal bliss will be the prize of spiritual battles won
This earthly life will prove to be, the real true Shadowlands
Then we’ll know as we are known and fully understand

Debbie Furey
September 25, 2019

Psalm 84:5-7 – “Blessed are those whose strength is in you, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.
6 As they pass through the Valley of Baka (weeping), they make it a place of springs; the autumn rains also cover it with pools. 7 They go from strength to strength, till each appears before God in Zion.”

1 Corinthians 13:12-13 – “For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.”

Hebrews 11:8-10, 13-16
1 John 2:15-29
Revelation 21:22-27