Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance. (Luke 15:7 ESV)
Life of the Party
I am rarely the life of the party. I do not know enough jokes, I am not a conversation-master, I am too much of an introvert, and I am just not that fun.
But we Christians ARE the life of the party going on in heaven.
Because we are sinners who have repented, are repenting, and will repent. And so heaven is rejoicing. Because of us.
My sin and sinfulness cause much sorrow in the world, my community, and myself.
But strangely, wonderfully, amazingly, because of Christ’s life and death and life… heaven rejoices because of me.
And because of you, Christian.
We are peculiar, heaven rejoices over us.