Heaven Is My Home

I was really looking forward to hearing my brother speak on one of my favorite topics tonight. The thought of Heaven has been my strength these last few months. It brings a smile to my lips and a joy to my soul. I ended up having the leave the room right after he started speaking because I couldn’t stop coughing. I ended up sitting it what is close to a supply closet, wedged between the wall and some boards. I loved it. I could sit there and grin without looking like an idiot. Listening to him talk about it, I couldn’t stop smiling a huge smile that makes my eyes sparkle. At one point I pumped my first in the air while mouthing ”YES!” I have only come to realize lately what about Heaven thrills me so much. But that is a post for another day. I just know more than ever that I was ” made for another world.” The very thought of that place has lifted my spirits these past couple of weeks. Praise God for the peace and joy He can bring.

“Lazy summer afternoon
Screened in porch and nothin’ to do
I just kicked off my tennis shoes
Slouchin’ in a plastic chair
Rakin’ my fingers through my hair
I close my eyes and I leave them there
And I yawn, and sigh, and slowly fade away

Deep enough to dream in brilliant colors
I have never seen
Deep enough to join a billion people
For a wedding feast
Deep enough to reach out and touch
The face of the One who made me
And oh, the love I feel, and oh the peace
Do I ever have to wake up

Awakened by a familiar sound
A clumsy fly is buzzin’ around
He bumps the screen and he tumbles down
He gathers about his wits and pride
And tries again for the hundredth time
‘Cause freedom calls from the other side
And I smile and nod, and slowly drift away

Deep enough to dream in brilliant colors
I have never seen
Deep enough to join a billion people
For a wedding feast
Deep enough to reach out and touch
The face of the One who made me
And oh, the love I feel, and oh the peace
Do I ever have to wake up

‘Cause peace is pouring over my soul
See the lambs and the lions playin’
I join in and I drink the music
Holiness is the air I’m breathin’
My faithful heroes break the bread
And answer all of my questions
Not to mention what the streets are made of
My heart’s held hostage by this love

And these brilliant colors I have never seen
I join a billion people for a wedding feast
And I reach out and touch the face of the One who made me
And oh, the love I feel, and oh the peace
Do I ever have to wake up

Do I ever have to wake up
Do I ever have to wake up
Do I really have to wake up now”

~ Deep Enough to Dream by Chris Rice

(Photo by Hannah Kimbrough)

Where Your Treasure Is

“If we could be satisfied with less
we should be less dissatisfied…
Contentment is
the crown jewel
of a happy life.

A Man may have

so much of this world

that he misses the next.“
~C.H. Spurgeon

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“If ye then be risen with Christ,

seek those things which are above,

where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

Set your affection on things above,

not on things on the earth.”

~Colossians 3:1,2

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“Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth,

where moth and rust doth corrupt,

and where thieves break through and steal:

But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,

where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt,

and where thieves do not break through nor steal:

For where your treasure is,

there will your heart be also.”

~Matthew 6:19-21

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