This Is Not Heaven Yet...

Thank-you God for Your love,

making possible our love,

for joy and beauty that makes earth bearable...

this video sings of hopes of spring...

even if the weather does not😅

Happy Middle-March!

I’d like to be light-hearted, not a worry in the world

But this is earth, not heaven; this is ‘walk by faith’ unfurled

These streets are paved but not with gold, save when the sun goes down

The autographs of love engraved on crosses, not a crown

I’d like to leave behind the kinds of things that break our hearts

But this is earth, not heaven; this is where mercy imparts

Sufficient grace for what we face; the Unknown like a veil

We cannot rend but must depend on He who will not fail

I’d like to be carefree without a shadow of a doubt

But this is earth, not Heaven; this is what Hope is about

While human nature wonders at the higher ways of He

Of Whom creation thunders with Manifest Clarity

I’d like if well-worn happiness was not so full of holes

But this is earth, not Heaven; this is the garment of souls

Where, not for very long we weather whatever we must

While moments thin the tether twixt God and man’s shroud of dust

I’d like to be light-hearted, not a worry or a care

Because no one is suffering life’s sorrows anywhere

But this is earth; faith’s birthplace where we groan, weep, trust and pray

This is not Heaven yet; where God will wipe all tears away

(Some say that Heaven waits for all; if so, Christ died in vain)

Some turn hard hearts toward God here, yet hope Heaven to gain

Oh, pray we seek and know the truth of salvation and grace

Where earth, not Heaven is man’s sacred preparation place

© Janet Martin

John 14:6

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life.

 No one comes to the Father except through me.

John 8:36
So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.

Romans 5:1-4

Therefore, having been justified by faith, [a]we have peace 

with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 

2through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, 

and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 

3And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, 

knowing that tribulation produces [b]perseverance;

 4and perseverance, [c]character; 

and character, hope. 

5Now hope does not disappoint, 

because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts

 by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.