Posted in Todays Homeschooling Adventure
It's time once again for the dramatic musical to take place at our local body of worship. We've practiced and prepared for quite some time now. Our family is very involved in the musical. These musicals offer a unique avenue to reach out to the lost, but there is more than meets the eye. Being a part of the choir or becoming involved in any sort of ministry through your local church is very important for your growth as a Christian.
So many of us (Christians included) have misconceptions about what heaven will be like. We wrongly believe that when we arrive at the gates of heaven that there will be nothing more to do than float around on distant clouds and strum on a few harps, WRONG!
But, on the contrary, as the Scripture says, What eye has not seen and ear has not heard and has not entered into the heart of man, [all that] God has prepared (made and keeps ready) for those who love Him [who hold Him in affectionate reverence, promptly obeying Him and gratefully recognizing the benefits He has bestowed].
Yet to us God has unveiled and revealed them by and through His Spirit, for the [Holy] Spirit searches diligently, exploring and examining everything, even sounding the profound and bottomless things of God [the divine counsels and things hidden and beyond man's scrutiny].
1 Corinthians 2:9-10 (Amplified Bible)The Lord wants to reveal His heart and plans to us! Maybe not everything but certainly what we need to know along with those desires He places within us. We are servants to the Master and heaven will NOT be boring!! We will be busily working and serving our Lord AND each other! What better preparation than right here on this flawed earth! Our Lord gave His life to REDEEM that which had been lost! He has not tossed us aside! His plans are to save us. He could've wiped out everything and started over, but the Lord loved His original creation so much.
Involvement in the church prepares us for Heaven. We will not be idle and the work will not be drudgery, it will be our joy. Imagine for a moment, the temptations and trials that we experience upon this present earth, they will be done away with in Heaven and we will be free to SERVE and WORSHIP in a place where sin will exist NO MORE!!! In true love & harmony!
I've experienced many, many glimpses of a love that runs so deeply through the hearts as we fellowship with the choir at our local church. We see the love and life of our Savior Himself in the eyes of our brothers and sisters in Christ. As I grow in His grace, I crave this more and more and find I can't live without much of the time.
May many lives be touched for His glory through, not only our local Christmas musical. May you the reader be blessed the Christmas and may YOU have many quiet nights basking in the Love of the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
In His Love,
