When we pass on from this body into the gresat beyond, what will we look like.  Will we remain the same as at the time of death?  Will we be able to choose the body we wish?  How will we look from the beginning throughout eternity?

Glorified Body

When we get to heaven, what will we look like? What is a glorified body? Will we be able to choose the way we look when God calls us home? These are just a few of the questions I have heard recently. Life is short. When we get to Heaven, we will be there forever. There is no end. Heaven is everlasting!.

Elvis Presley tells us in the song Amazing Grace that when we have been there(Heaven) ten thousand years we have only just begun. We have no less days to sing God's praise than when we first begun. This is an indication of the continuance of the after life. As saved children, we will return to our Father in heaven and remain there with him forever.

How will we look? How will our loved ones know us? Will they recognize us?

My mother passed in September 2007. I miss her tremendously. The pain of missing her presence today is no less agonizing than the night she left me.

I know there is life after death. There is no doubt in my mind regarding the spirit leaving our earthly body and returning to the Father. And even as my faith is strong enough to keep me going after the loss of my mother, I still feel a sense of longing when I think of her. I want to see her again. Kiss her face and tell her I love her as I did for fifty four years. I want to tease her and hold her hand.

I feel so much hurt when I think of her and I know she realizes my pain. I know this because she has come to me several times since her passing. Right after my mother passed, she came to me while I was driving. My mind was deeply engrossed in remembering the good times. I was not aware of the speed at which I was going.

Mama had always been there, in my weakest moments, when I needed her. This was one of those times. I was crying and driving. Not a very good mixture! However, as my mind was engrossed in remembering and wishing for her presence, I heard her speak to me. “Glen, slow down!” I looked around to see where or even if someone was in the car with me. No one was in the car but me. I then said, “Mama, are you there?” Again, all I heard was, “Slow down.” I knew my mother was watching over me.

A few days later, she came to me again. The first time mama visited me after leaving, she told me I would not recognize her. Now, the Bible tells us that we will recognize our loved ones who have gone on before us. So, my question was, if she stated this, what was she referring to? Surely, i will recognize my mother? So, she must have been referring to the fact I would be shocked at her appearance. A little while thereafter,Ii saw a vision of her.

I knew it was her, there was no doubt this was my mother. She was young and very, very pretty. There was something about her eyes. A story was being told by just seeing her eyes and i knew one day, I would see her face again..

So, my thinking was, this is my mother in her glorified body. The Bible does not provide a lot of detail regarding the description of a glorified body. In Revelations, the indication is we will be lifted up to heaven and at such time as we are lifted, our bodies will change from the earthly body into the glorified body.

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