"Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also
in me. In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told
you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a
place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be
where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going." John 14:1-4

As you look around you do you ever get discouraged by the sadness, pain, and hardships of life? Sometimes it seems like that's pretty much the whole story too. We're just here for about 70-ish years and we survive through the hard stuff, then we die.
But is that it? No. It's not :) And frankly, that's reason enough to be stoked.
But that's pretty much only the beginning:
not only is there a Saviour who died to rescue all who call on His name. But He promised us that He's going to prepare a place for us. A place where we will live forever. A perfect place, with no more pain, tears, sin, or sorrow..
A place where we will be in the very presence of God for all of eternity. We will never have to worry about losing anything, or anyone. We will never have to fear failure. We will be perfectly complete in Christ. We will never lack anything. Time won't matter because we will be so caught up in praising our Saviour. No one will sound any better than anyone else, there will be no voice competitions, we will all just worship God in the beauty of holiness. We will also live in beautiful mansions, on streets made of gold.
But honestly, I'm not sure the mansions will matter to me all that much. I honestly just can't wait to see Jesus. To be held by Him, to see His scars, and cry tears of joy and amazement.
So when I think about all these things, the present day troubles seem to be not so bad. And I get excited for what I have to look forward to. Not only can I expect all these awesome things, but there are so many things about my Heavenly home that I don't know yet.
And frankly, I can't think of a more exciting surprise!