I'm reading "Heaven" by Randy Alcorn. Can you guess what it's about? (har.har.)
I am so excited about what I'm learning in this book and I'm only on the 5th chapter. (There're 46. Um. yeah. BIG place, that heaven...lots to know, apparently.) Anyway, I can't chew it all up and spit it out right now....well that's a lovely image for such a lovely blog, isn't it?....what I mean is, it's a LOT to take in and I'm still pondering it's complexities, but for now, I'm wondering....
What songs go through your head that get you excited about going to heaven?
"Beulah Land"? "I'll Fly Away!"? "Heaven Came Down"? "Midnight Cry"?
Wait. Do I have any readers over 70? No, I didn't think so, but you Carolinians out there may like those, so I won't dog on 'em....(on this blog anyway....snicker, snicker)
Of course, there is "I Can Only Imagine"....and that does make us try to imagine the first few moments there, but does it inspire us to seek heaven, run towards it, live for it, learn more about what it's like? The author interestingly points out that we spend more time planning out our trips to DisneyWorld, than we do thinking about our eternal home in heaven. Wow! Guilty. I think most people just have a whacked view of what heaven will be like, when all they assume we'll do the whole time is sing worship songs or (Oh God, please no) southern gospel like the Gaither's Homecoming Happy Time Sing-Alongs. ***insert horror movie scream***
That's why I'm reading this book. There MUST be more than that. So back to the music...
My grandparents used to sing a song together as a duet called "A Meetin' in the Air" and I just loved listening to the excitement in their voices as they sang of Jesus coming down to take us all home to our mansions in the sky! That made me really want to go and know more about this place where God lived. Seriously. Where are the songs like that for today?
More on this later but here is the song that's been whispering in my ear all day....and. I'm. loving. it.
turn your eyes upon Jesus
look full in His wonderful face
and the things of earth will grow strangely dim
in the light of His glory and grace
