To love the unseen

And through your faith, God is protecting you by His power until you receive this salvation, which is ready to be revealed on the last day for all to see. So be truly glad. There is wonderful joy ahead, even though you have to endure many trials for a little while. These trials will show that your faith is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold—though your faith is far more precious than mere gold. So when your faith remains strong through many trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world. You love Him even though you have never seen Him. Though you do not see Him now, you trust Him; and you rejoice with a glorious, inexpressible joy. The reward for trusting Him will be the salvation of your souls.
(1 Peter 1:5-9)

To truly love God is to trust Him with your whole being, to not give in part but to give completely. Because of your faith, given to you by God’s Holy Spirit, you have new life again, not in part but in whole. This life does not end once your body becomes old but instead it is life eternal meant to live with the Lord God throughout the ages and though God’s Word gives great insight to what will be the half has not been told.

So think clearly and exercise self-control. Look forward to the gracious salvation that will come to you when Jesus Christ is revealed to the world. So you must live as God's obedient children. Don't slip back into your old ways of living to satisfy your own desires. You didn't know any better then. But now you must be holy in everything you do, just as God who chose you is holy.
(1 Peter 1:13-15)

What in this life is worth missing out on the next? To give away the eternal for the temporary is utter foolishness yet by not thinking clearly, not exercising self-control, and not living obedient lives that please Christ Jesus that is exactly what is done. Even worse in order to live this way after coming face to face with the truth means we deliberately put blinders on as the Holy Spirit calls out for us to come back to our first love but there is still hope as long as it is called today. His loving mercy is great and His Father’s heart is filled with compassion for His children but we cannot forget He is holy and righteous and therefore will require the same of all who enter in to the place He has prepared.