"We're Here to Get Each Other into Heaven"

"We're here to get each other into heaven": words spoken at a Bible Study class. Profound words. Words so profound to me that although I'd not been taking any special notes up until that point, I whipped out the first paper my hand grasped which turned out to be my checkbook, of all things, so I would remember the exact words. I do that sometimes when something is said beyond the norm.

How simple. How simply wonderful. What if we all operated on this premise 24/7? What would this world be like? Irrecognizable, I think. "We're here to get each other into heaven."

Today how would you change your actions, words, thoughts if that was your sole reason for living? What would you do? You would do and I would do what we SHOULD do. Don't we all know what that is pretty much every single moment of every single day? Really - don't we? In our heart of hearts? We all know what's right, what would please God the most, what would smooth another's way to heaven. We know. We're not stupid. Or are we? "We're here to get each other into heaven."

So what are you going to do today to get someone into heaven? One thing - what'll it be? Calling that friend to chat even though you, yourself, feel poorly. Volunteering at the soup kitchen. You've always been meaning to go but just haven't gotten around to doing it. Maybe now's the time. Or jotting a note to a lonely friend or a frazzled mom. Take that spotlight off of you. Shine it on another because "we're here to get each other into heaven."

Think about what you've just read. Read it again. Your mind heard it the first time - now read it a second time so it sinks into your heart. And then put that thinking cap on and do something concrete to make another's way easier. Just think - if you are pushing another into heaven look how closely you are behind them. God certainly can't miss seeing you there, too. What if the only question God asks you after you die is, "What have you done to get My other children here with Me?" Just as I whipped out my checkbook you can whip out a list a mile long if you take the time to begin now. Funny thing about God, though. With or without the lists, He knows - He always knows.

"We're here to get each other into heaven."

~ Maureen :)

Who Can be Against Us?

Who can be against us? Plenty of people can. Circumstances may leave us exasperated. Mistakes foil our plans. Our own dreams and desires seem to plot against us. Very many forces in this world can be against us at any given time. We feel as if we are being ganged up on. We have a problem and for the life us we cannot construct a satisfactory resolution. We worry. We lose sleep. We ask our friends for their advice. We run away. At such times we are forgetting the good. We are forgetting the God. Our God, our Father who desires only the best for us.

Forgetfulness is bad if it is God who is slipping our minds. Hopefully our moments of forgetfulness are few and far between where God is concerned. Best case scenario: we never forget.

But I forgot tonight - not for long - but just long enough to feel alone. Isn't there a song about feeling alone in a crowded room? Well, that was me. I knew what was happening but couldn't seem to shake the feeling. I tried to look at those around me and find God in them but I couldn't find Him. I scanned the crowd. No one looked remotely happy. And I could not push myself to be God for another. Just couldn't do it.

Mercifully, the time to depart arrived. I came home unsure of what I should do or where I should go. I opened the Bible to the phrase which began my post : "If God is for us, who can be against us?" Those first five words are pretty darn important. The ultimate qualifier, wouldn't you say?

I feel better. I don't feel alone anymore. God is here.

Remember, God is there, too. Never feel alone.

~ Maureen :)