Ten Things that won’t be said in Heaven

1. What did the doctor say?
2. Want to hear some good gossip?
3. Is there a deacon’s meeting this week?
4. Did you read the obituaries?
5. Why are you sad?
6. What’s the latest trend on twitter?
7. Is that bread fresh?
8. What church do you go to?
9. A lost person’s name L
10. Are you saved?

I’m sure there’s a million others that we could come up with, but those were at the top of my list this morning as I pondered that question. I find myself thinking a lot about Heaven, especially the more wicked this old world gets, and the more Christians are viewed as the enemy.

Monday’s are my Long Term Care Facility visiting day.  I spend about an hour with the residents singing songs, sharing the gospel and listening to their testimonies. Yesterday, every time I’d sing an old hymn, they’d talk about their childhood and remembrance of hearing it sung in an old country church. We are still blessed with many “Old Country Churches” in our part of the world. Unfortunately many have closed their doors because somewhere along the line the congregations drifted and no longer filled the pews. That’s a reality check for us all on Sunday mornings as we look around at the empty seats in our own church. At least it was for me.

It also brought me to those 10 questions…

1. What did the doctor say?
   1. There won’t be any doctor appointments in Heaven, Glory to God!!!!
2. Want to hear some good gossip?
   1. There won’t be any.
3. Is there a deacon’s meeting this week?
   1. No board, business or bantering in Heaven. God’s got it all under control. He does here too… we just fail to listen.
4. Did you read the obituaries?
   1. We’ll be living with the Good News. There will be no death.
5. Why are you sad?
   1. What would we be sad about in a perfect land?
6. What’s the latest trend on twitter?
   1. Twitter?
7. Is that bread fresh?
   1. Oh yes!!!!!That brings joy to this bread lover’s heart. I love biscuits and hot rolls, but I love the Bread of Life so much more. It’s all good.
8. What church do you go to?
   1. Glory to God the same one!!!! Why can’t we understand that now and play better together for those of us who believe in the blood bought path to Heaven through Jesus Christ.
9. Are you saved?
   1. Of course, else we wouldn’t have made it there.
10. A lost person’s name.
    1. The saddest of all. There will not be second chances when Jesus returns and yet we treat life as if we all have a thousand years before He returns to take the church home. Who of us doesn’t have a lost loved one that we can’t imagine life without? It will be the case if we don’t get busy…