Threaten Me With Heaven

Threaten me with heaven.....

“What’s the worst thing that could happen if they say my time is through.

 Can they take away the love or the years I’ve shared with you?

 What’s the worst thing that could happen, what’s the worst that they can do?

Threaten me with heaven, that’s all they can do. I believe it's true."

Vince Gill just released this song. The words remind me of the goal, the prize, the reason for this life.

Probably best described as...... these 70 or 80 years we spend on earth are like singing The Star Spangled Banner at the beginning of the World Series. 

It's the warm up band...not the headliner. It's the appetizer before the Lobster appears, the training before the race. 

Mostly... we forget about the goal. It's our nature we say. We make excuses, say that it's all we know. We are only human after all.

Our nature is sinful. That is the nature that we live in and yet....

If you live in the light of Christ... if you recognize Him as Lord of your life.... if you live in relationship (not religion) with Him, then you have an option. 

The option is to look up everyday to the Lord of all, the One who gave His Son for you. Give Him your life, your day, your husband, your children... and get ready. He will use you.

The challenges will come, but you will have a relationship to sustain you. The one relationship we all need and our soul longs for... especially as our days grow short.  Then we can sing the sweet words of Vince.

 "What’s the worst thing that could happen, what’s the worst that they can do?

Threaten me with heaven, that’s all they can do. I believe it's true."

Don't forget .... Heaven IS the goal and heaven is for eternity.

I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.

Philippians 3:14