"Where Congregations Ne'er Break Up, And Sabbaths Have No End"

This line is from a hymn that I just heard for the first time today, entitled "Jerusalem, My Happy Home". It is a description of heaven and the believer's eager anticipation for it. The text was written by Joseph Bromehead and the music was arranged by Annabel M. Buchanan, published in 1938.
I love thinking about heaven. It seems as though spending a lot of time thinking about heaven would cause us to be daydreamers rather than doers, but it is quite the contrary. The promise of glory to come is a large motivator for action in this life. The knowledge that there is a heaven and that we will be taken someday to stay there forever puts this life in perspective. This world is not our home, but nevertheless what we do in our time here does matter and has a lasting effect on eternity.
I like the description of heaven - "Where Sabbaths have no end". Over the past couple months I have been convicted and inspired by the Holy Spirit to truly keep the Sabbath day holy and dedicated to God. At first it seemed like a daunting task to actually find things to do on the Lord's Day that weren't all the activities that I did on every other day of the week. But after getting used to it, I realized that I wanted Sundays to go on forever. I long for heaven even more than ever now that I know what a real Sabbath is like. Our Sabbaths on this earth will never be perfect, but nevertheless they point us to the eternal Sabbath where we will worship our King endlessly.
The first part of the line has great significance as well - "Where congregations ne'er break up". Too often have I seen or heard about churches breaking up or being divided by sin within the congregation. There will be none of that in heaven, for all hearts will be aligned to one goal: the glorification of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. We will be worshiping with all of God's children at this everlasting worship service. How amazing that will be! Worship without sin and struggle! "O For a thousand tongues to sing my great Redeemer's praise!"
Let us look long and often at the glory that is to come. I don't think our problems come from thinking about heaven too much, but rather too little. It will give us perspective and persistence in our race.