Short-lived, imperfect and unsatisfying

(William Plumer, "Sinners Saved by Unmerited Kindness")

"In Your presence is abundant joy; in Your right hand are
 eternal pleasures! Psalms 16:11

Here on earth--our greatest joys are short-lived, imperfect
and unsatisfying. Nothing continues in a perpetually happy
state. All is unsettled, and easily marred. In heaven--all is as  
stable as eternity--all is as durable as the throne of God! All
flows from the bounty of an infinite God and Savior.

Here on earth--sorrows beset us in troops. In heaven--
  all sorrows cease;
  sickness, sadness and sighing flee away;
  bereavement never desolates;
  tears never flow;
  tempests never rage;
  temptations never vex;
  poverty, war, and death never enter;
  rust never corrupts;
  thieves never steal;
  weariness and vanity are forever unknown;
  sin never defiles;
  peace reigns unbroken;
  "the wicked cease from troubling,
   and the weary are at rest."

"Well done, good and faithful servant! Enter
 into the joy of your Lord!" Matthew 25:21