A Different Marriage in Heaven

"For in the resurrection, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven." Matthew 22:30

This verse used to bother me. It was hard to comprehend how my husband in this life would not be my husband in the next life. I pictured seeing him in heaven, waving and saying, "Hi," but feeling a disconnect. But not too long ago, the Lord gave me insight into this.

When we see the Lord face to face, we will instantly fall head over heels in love. His magnetism will be so intense, we will have eyes for no one but Him. Just like Peter and James and John, we will want nothing else than to follow Him and remain in His presence.

Can you imagine Peter's wife, wondering why Peter suddenly had little interest in her, and kept following after a man, leaving her for whole days and nights? What must she have been thinking?

I will want no other man. He will be my husband, and I will be His bride. That's why the church is called the "bride."

"And one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues, came and spoke with me, saying, "Come here, I shall show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb." Revelation 21:9

It will be the same for my husband. Christ is the great equalizer. My husband and I will look at each other in heaven and smile, and know that what we had here on earth was nothing compared to being married to the Lamb. We will still love each other, but we will be absolutely smitten by Him. Of course, our marriage to Christ will not be sexual, but rather one of pure love and relationship.

And because there is no marriage in heaven, we will not have cause to feel guilty when we fall instantly in love with that wonderful "Other Man."

We won't have to win His affections, either, because He is already wildly, lavishly, head-over-heels in love with us. When our eyes meet, we will melt, because His eyes will be shining with His perfect love. He, too, has waited expectantly for us to come to Him, to see each other, face to face.

We will not have to wait in a long meet-and-greet line in heaven, hoping just to get a glimpse of Him and shake His hand. Just as He has blessed us with His Spirit individually here on earth--moment to moment, every day of our lives--He will be with us in the same way, our individual Savior and Lord, and the Lover of our Souls.

It will be the perfect marriage... a marriage made in heaven.