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| HEAVEN'S TRAIN |
| REMEMBER THE TRIPS YOU'VE TAKEN IN LIFE MAYBE WITH THE KIDS AND THE WIFE ALONG THE SCENIC HIGHWAYS YOU MADE YOUR WAY STOPPING NOW AND THEN TO REST OR EVEN STAY. THE ACCOMODATIONS WERE NICE, BUT NOTHING TOO RARE IF YOU THOUGHT BACK, THERE WOULD BE SOMETHING TO COMPARE. THE ROAD LEADS ON AGAIN WHEN YOU WAKE THE NEXT DAY SO YOU'RE UP AND READY TO MAKE SOME MORE MILES ALONG THE WAY. DESTINATION COULD BE ANYWHERE OF THOUSANDS OF LOCATIONS. YOU'VE MADE THESE TRIPS EVERY YEAR, JUST ANOTHER VACATION. EVERYONE IS ANXIOUS TO REACH THAT FINAL STOP SO THEY CAN EXPERIENCE THE JOYS OF WHAT THIS PLACE HAS GOT. THAT'S THE WAY OF LIFE, THAT EVENTUALLY ENDS UP HOME THE PLACE WHERE YOU LIVE WITH FAMILY UNTIL NEXT TIME YOU ROAM. I'VE DREAMED OF A MODE OF TRANSPORTATION TO HEAVEN YOU SEE. WANNA CLIMB ON BOARD THIS TRAIN THAT WILL TAKE ME? UP TO GLORYLAND ON THE JESUS EXPRESS NO TICKETS NEEDED, THE PRICE IS PAID IN ADVANCE NO NEED FOR LUGGAGE, WON'T NEED ANYTHING THERE EVERYTHING IS PROVIDED FOR US ALL TO SHARE WHAT A GLORIOUS TRIP UP THROUGH THE SKY TELLING ALL OUR TROUBLE AND CARES GOODBYE NO MORE PAINS OR TEARS, OR CARES FOR TOMORROW AT LAST WE WILL LIVE IN THE LAND OF NO SORROWS. AS WE NEAR THE STATION WE CAN SEE THE LIGHTS OF THE PEARLY WHITE CITY THAT WE'VE READ OF ALL OUR LIVES. WHAT A WONDERFUL REUNION WITH ALL WHO HAVE GONE ON BEFORE AT LAST WE REACHED OUR DESTINATION TO DWELL AND LIVE FOREVERMORE. ALTHOUGH THE MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION MAY NOT BE A REALITY. I KNOW FOR SURE HE'S COMING AFTER YOU AND ME. I DO NOT KNOW THE HOUR OR THE DAY BUT I KNOW MY SAVIOR WILL COME AS THE PROPHETS SAY. SO GET YOUR AFFAIRS IN ORDER ESPECIALLY OF THE HEART AND STAY PRAYED UP AND WAITING FROM HERE TO DEPART. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE AND THERE'S NONE TO WASTE FOR I WANT TO MEET YOU ALL AT THOSE PEARLY GATES. . |
| WRITTEN BY SHIRLEY BARR JUNE 8, 2004 |
| REVELATIONS 22: 7-9 BEHOLD, I COME QUICKLY; BLESSED IS HE THAT KEEPTH THE SAYINGS OF THE PROPHECY OF THIS BOOK. AND I JOHN SAY THESE THINGS AND HEARD THEM. AND WHEN I HAD HEARD AND SEEN, I FELL DOWN TO WORSHIP BEFORE THE FEET OF THE ANGEL WHICH SHEWED ME THESE THINGS. THEN SAITH HE UNTO ME, SEE THOU DO IT NOT; FOR I AM THY FELLOW SERVANT, AND OF THY BRETHREN THE PROPHETS, AND OF THEM WHICH KEEP THE SAYING OF THIS BOOK. WORSHIP GOD. |
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