Mentoring Woman: "HEAVENLY MINDED"

Mentoring Woman: "HEAVENLY MINDED": You ever just wonder what Heaven will be like?  I just watched "Heaven Is For Real" for the second time and although it isn...

"HEAVENLY MINDED"

You ever just wonder what Heaven will be like?  I just watched "Heaven Is For Real" for the second time and although it isn't a movie to base theology on (Scripture only!) it got me to thinking about Heaven this week.

Jesus says in John 14:1, "Do not let your hearts be troubled," Trust in God, trust also in me.  In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you.  I am going there to prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am."  (NIV) So one of the reasons we are not to be troubled, is because we know that something wonderful in Heaven awaits us!

Right after Paul explains how our new resurrected bodies will be in Heaven, (I Corinthians 15:50-57) he tells the believers this: "Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you.  Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain." I Corinthians 15:58, NIV  How can we stand firm in this life?   By knowing this is not our home and Heaven awaits us!

I think it is good sometimes to think about what it will be like in Heaven, but as the saying goes, "you can't keep your head so far in the clouds, that you do no earthly good!" So until that day when Christ either calls us home or returns, we need to keep pressing on doing the things that God has prepared for us to do!  "Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it.  But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus."  (Philippians 3:13-14, NIV)

As promised, here is a poem I wrote when I was thinking about our topic of soaring last week:

When trials rise to threaten us,

And life's burdens weight seems more.

I pray that we could rise with You,

And You'll teach us, Lord, to soar.

For from Your view, You see it all,

Not one thing escapes Your care.

For You see both when a sparrow falls,

And know the numbers of our hair!

Still there are times when we forget,

And rely on our own strength.

We think we have the answers,

and we struggle at great length!

But You promise that You'll carry us,

No need to ask for more.

Under the shadow of Your wings,

Teach us Lord to soar!

Written by Becky Swymeler, 2015

Mentoring Woman: AND I WILL SOAR WITH YOU!

Mentoring Woman: AND I WILL SOAR WITH YOU!: I am thinking of flying this morning and in particular soaring.  It is probably due to the fact that my mother is flying out for a visit nex...

AND I WILL SOAR WITH YOU!

I am thinking of flying this morning and in particular soaring.  It is probably due to the fact that my mother is flying out for a visit next week.

Webster defines the word soaring as:  "to fly or glide high in the air with little effort or visible motion.  To rise or aspire to a higher or more exalted level.  To rise or ascend to a height, as a mountain."  Sounds a lot like what God does for us, doesn't it?

There is a chorus that we used to sing with these words.

LORD I come to YOU
Let my heart be changed. renewed
Flowing from the grace
That I found in You.
And Lord I've come to know
The weaknesses I see in me
Will be stripped away
By the power of Your love.

Hold me close
Let Your love surround me
Bring me near
Draw me to Your side.
And as I wait
I'll rise up like the eagle
And I will soar with You
Your Spirit leads me on
In the Power of Your love.



Isaiah 40:31 says:  "but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength.  They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint."  NIV

I picture in this verse, God helping us rise above each obstacle and carrying us, not under our own power, but by His.  I think I feel a poem coming on about this, and if so, I will share it with you next week.  Have a great weekend everyone and may you soar with God!