Eternal Life starts Now!

I know we all know or have heard this verse before but read it slow this time:
"For God so loved the world that He gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life." ~Jesus~ in John 3:16
The other night I was reading and came across this verse:
"Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. I have brought you glory on earth by completing the work you gave me to do." ~Jesus~ in John 17:3,4
Heaven is just a part of eternal life. When we lived in NC I remeber someone talking about this and they said eternal life is now. So many times we,I, think of it as heaven but in these verses, Jesus says that eternal life is getting to know Him. Some ways we can do that are by reading His word, meditating on scripture, memorizing scripture and prayer. Sometimes I find myself getting caught up in all of the things of this world. When Jesus made it so clear: get to know Him and bring Him glory. Nothing of this world matters accept getting to know Him and bringing Him glory.