In the midst of tough times, it can be difficult to keep perspective.  All we can see is what’s in front of us.  We don’t always understand it, and sometimes we even start to doubt.  At those times it’s helpful to take a step back and try to see things from God’s perspective.  Our ability to do that is limited, but that is where trust comes in.  What we need is an “eternal perspective,” as Randy Alcorn puts it.  When we view this life in the light of Heaven, everything looks different.  There’s no single scripture that I’m hanging the message on, but here are a couple that provide the sense of it.  Read Revelation 21:3-4 and Romans 8:18.