{"id":778,"date":"2014-10-01T00:40:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-01T00:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biblestudies4you.com\/?p=778"},"modified":"2014-10-01T00:52:46","modified_gmt":"2014-10-01T00:52:46","slug":"we-shall-be-like-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblestudies4you.com\/?p=778","title":{"rendered":"We Shall be Like Him."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.biblestudies4you.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/McI-Dennis-and-Marj-Copy.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-781\" style=\"width: 74px;\" alt=\"McI, Dennis and Marj - Copy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.biblestudies4you.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/McI-Dennis-and-Marj-Copy-230x300.jpg?resize=230%2C99\" width=\"230\" height=\"99\" \/><\/a>My father was very fond of quoting this poem in his older age&#8230;I have no idea where it came from, but thought it was worthwhile posting here for others to enjoy&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it does not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is\u2026\u2026\u2026.. (1 John 3:2)<\/i><\/b><b><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>With Him in glory, oh wonderful word,<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>Eye has not seen, and ear has not heard;<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>Mind has not fathomed the future in store,<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>Reserved for the children of God evermore.<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>Suffering over, failure and sin,<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>Like Him without, like Him within;<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>Bodies made perfect and spirits set free,<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>We\u2019ll share in His glory, whose glory we\u2019ll see;<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>With Him in glory, beholding His face<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>With him in glory, oh marvellous grace;<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>Holy and happy, radiant in bliss,<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>Can there be anything greater than this?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My father was very fond of quoting this poem in his older age&#8230;I have no idea where it came from, but thought it was worthwhile posting here for others to enjoy&#8230;. 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