I understand what you mean … to be in an environment where its always peaceful and pure. And to feast your eyes on the awesome beauty of the scenic views not ruin with trash on the roadside. The rivers, streams, lakes, waterfalls, ocean all pure water and not polluted with contaminated toxins. I think heaven is going to be like the Garden of Eden only it has golden streets/pathways with gem walls and the big pearly gates! Seeing all the trees, bushes and flowers always in bloom … especially the daisies out in the field. And being able to eat freely from the tree of life delicious tasty fruit and I’m hoping for street vendors or various shops … hamburgers / hot dogs / pizza / tacos/ ice cream, chocolate candies/candy apples, buttered popcorn or caramel/Cracker Jack, etc, Italian / French pastries and breads and can’t forget the jelly donuts!!! Mmm mmm good. :whistle: Jelly donuts are my favorite! I hope they are hanging on trees. I feel the same way, Patricia. A little short term pain for infinite long term gain. The vision is yet for an appointed time, wait to see His faithfulness! TR Jelly doughnut trees seem too fantastical to believe, IMHO. :wacko: Peanut Butter M&M fruit trees, however. 😉 :mdrmdr: :mdrmdr: I can just see us now picking the tiny little M&M’s — one for you, two for me, one for you, etc….. I wonder if you can just harvest it like they do Almond trees? AS my friend who owners a “Almond” farm once told me they are Almonds until they shake the “L” out of them to get amonds :mdrmdr: :mdrmdr: I have a “No” button like that on my desk — but in the case of rapture ready — I would so push this big red button, like right now!!!! :flyup: :flyup: :flyup: Just crash an elephant into the M&M tree once and all the little beans will come tumbling down! WOW! Look at how much smarter you got since your birthday — I would have never thought to use an elephant, I’m still picking one for you and two for me :mdrmdr: You should lead the elephant crash party! :mdrmdr: I would push the Rapture button. I think of all the times I shared with my 95 year old aunt; and my 78 year older sister. I think both fit in to these points below. I think it comes down to Choice! We chose Christ. The Lost have not, though they are able to see there is a Creator, in what He has created. But the resistance goes on. I might be feeling a bit down because of my sister's last rejection a couple days ago - it is so sad! But, she's made her choice. This choice; All her life. This is how it is with many. There is Life, and resistance! Last night I felt a "letting go." She is in my prayers still, and God's hands, but I have made my Choice, and I want to move on. :heart: The Danger of Procrastination The Holy Spirit Calls Today The Bible says, “Seek ye the Lord while he may be found; call ye upon him while he is near” Is 55:6. And in another place, God says, “My Spirit shall not always strive with man” Gen 6:3 “There’s a line that is drawn by rejecting the Lord, The Heart Constantly Gets Harder: One reason why the great majority of those who are saved have been saved in childhood and youth, is simply because the child has the advantage of a tender heart...But one who continues in sin, and ignores the call of the Spirit of God, will find that his heart becomes calloused and hardened and accustomed to sin...The longer you wait to give your heart to Jesus, the more difficult the decision will become. The heart becomes a little more calloused every time you say “no” to Jesus. The Growing Nearness of Christ’s Coming: The Uncertainty of Life/The Certainty of Death: As for man, his days are as grass, as a flower of the field . . . the wind passes over it, and it is gone. Ps 103:15-16. Your life—which seems so well established and so important today—is really only like a fragile blade of grass. https://biblehelpsinc.org/publication/the-danger-of-procrastination/ 
Today if you hear his voice, harden not your hearts Heb 3:15
The day of grace is still open for each one
The Savior pleads
God’s Holy Spirit calls
The Spirit of God seeks... convicts, warns, strives
where the call of the Spirit is lost;
as you hurry along with the pleasure-mad throng,
have you counted, have you counted the cost?”
The child has a tender conscience that grieves over sin. The child is easily moved by the fear of punishment. The child knows that it is dangerous to go on in sin. But one who continues in sin, and ignores the call of the Spirit of God, will find that his heart becomes calloused and hardened.
There is not a single event prophesied in the Bible which must come to pass before Jesus returns.
Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor, that appears for a little time... James 4:13–14
