The greatness of the joy of this experience is beyond all imagination. When Paul was caught up into heaven to see it, he was forbidden to put it into words. You were made to enjoy the riches of the glory of God. He called you through our gospel, that you may gain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. When you see this and taste this for what it really is, you set your hope in it.
Nothing compares with it.
All is loss and rubbish by comparison. And in this hope you exult. You've all seen shadows of what it means. You've all had foretastes of it. For example, back near the end of the Vietnam War, many of us remember certain video clips that nobody but the most unemotional could watch without tears.