If Heaven Was Never Promised To Me

My mother and I used to sit at the piano and sing for hours together, the old hymns, praise songs, and praising to Him, our Lord and Savior. Sometimes my mom and I would get so choked up over the words because we identified with them. We are so sappy!

One of the songs we sang over and over was titled, If Heaven Was Never Promised To Me by Andrae Crouch. It asks the question, If Heaven was never promised to me, would I still serve Him, would I still love him? And my mom's and my answer is YES without a doubt. If this world was all there was, I would not want to live it without Him. This world can be frustrating, scary, and just plain hard.

But living for the Lord, He has given me strength when I have needed it, comforted me in my sadness, given me boldness in my shyness, and has showered me with so many blessings I cannot count them all. . .(although I am trying;)

With each blessing He is saying, "I know who you are. You are special to Me. I thought of you today. I love you." And because of Him, my crooked paths straighten out, my broken heart becomes healed, my hunger turns into filling, my life has joy because my heart has Him and He is Joy.

And if you have Him in your heart, you have all this too. Would you serve Him, love Him if Heaven was never promised to you?

But, we do have the promise of Heaven. And don't you know He is smiling, knowing that the grandest gift of all is waiting for us.

Why don't we give Him a gift right now? Let's tell Him, or better yet, sing to Him, "If Heaven Was Never Promised To Me, I would STILL serve You , I would STILL love You."

If you would like to hear the song, just click the link below.

http://youtu.be/Xd7SXzSU8ns

She sounds better than my mom and I did, but we always laughed and said through our tears that if no one else thought so, we sounded beautiful to God. :) 

 Below are the words to the song.

You may ask me why I serve the Lord,

Is it just for heaven's gain.

Or to walk those mighty streets of gold,

And to hear the angels sing.

Is it just to drink from the fountain,

That never shall run dry.

Or just to live forever, ever, and ever,

In that sweet, sweet bye and bye.

Chorus:

But if heaven never was promised to me,

Neither God's promise to live eternally.

It's been worth just having the Lord in my life.

Living in a world of darkness,

You came along and brought me the light.

If there were never any streets of gold,

Neither a land where we'll never grow old,

It's been worth just having the Lord in my life.

You've been my closest friend down through the years,

And every time I cry You dry my tears.

It's been worth just having the Lord in my life.

Living in a world of darkness,

living in a world of darkness,

You came along and brought me the light.