I've been thinking... I'm sure some of us know the song, "I Can Only Imagine". I just realized that is probably one of my favorite songs to sing when I'm happy or when I want to feel happier. Jus think about it. Really, just sit and think about it.
Will you sing praises to him? Will you stand quiet? Either way, you'll be that way forever because he's so grand. You'll either be so happy you won't have words for it for eternity or you'll want to sing for him forever.
Will you dance for joy that you made it to heaven? Will you stand in awe of his glory? Either way, we're not worthy of the gift of life he's handed us. By standing you show that you have been humbled and by dancing you show your intense joy to be with him.
Will you stand beside him with honor and a feeling of pride, for he has created something as awesome as heaven itself? Will you fall to your knees because the creator is standing before you and you don't deserve it? I think I could be fine either way. His presence alone would be enough for me to want to walk and talk with him forever or kneel before him in humble adoration.
Wouldn't it be awesome to get to praise him forever nothing getting in the way? Wouldn't it be just as amazing to see what he has made for all his children? There will be streets of gold. A mansion for each person, and an infinite amount of time to walk those streets with him. I don't even think that the mansions are quite mansions as we'd expect them. Just think of the most beautiful think on earth and heaven would make it look like a pile of manure. The gates to heaven must be glorious, and the first look at it all would be overwhelming. Just as you finally catch your breath God walks up to you and once again takes your breath away from you.
Singing that song and thinking about what I'd do or what I'd see and feel brings me to tears everytime.
I was over at Sarah's church a couple weeks ago and we sang that song during the service. I was pretty cool about it at first, but then when I thought it suposed to be over already, they decided to start over. That's when I really started thinking about it, and within a minute of starting through it the second time I couldn't sing anymore. I was crying like a little baby and my knees gave out. Maybe I'm alone here but, "I Can Only Imagine" gets me thinking and crying more and more each time I sing it, pretty much.
Now that everyone knows I'd like to know that nobody is going to start playing it for the fun of seeing me cry. I seriously won't come out of my shell for probably another 20 minutes after it ends. I guess it's like my weak spot , sort of. I just don't function well when it plays.
I just ask that everyone that knows the words would ponder what would happen. You may be like, "it would be pretty cool to have a mansion and a street of gold" but don't you think that God would pale both of those things? He's been known to be a jealous God, and if you were to give something else more attention than him he wouldn't have happily given it to you.
Just some things to think about maybe.
Capt. over and out!