INVESTMENT BETTER THAN SILVER OR GOLD!

I was reflecting on the death of my dear friends, Wanda Gustafson and Ray Sharp. Gold, silver, and real estate are nice to have for economic security while we walk the earth, but they do nothing to make us secure for eternity. In Revelation 20 – 22, it goes into a lot of detail about heaven and the incredible beauty with streets paved with gold. That reminds me of the story of the man that spent his life accumulating a fortune in gold. When he died he tried to get Saint Peter to allow him to come into heaven with his bags of gold. Saint Peter said, “We can’t let you in with those bags. Why would you want to bring in pavement anyway?”
Nothing in this life is worth missing heaven. It says in Revelation 21:4-8, “And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain; for the former things are passed away…He that overcomes shall inherit all things and I will be his God, and he shall be my child...But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the doers of evil, and murderers, and those that have sex outside of marriage, and those that use and traffic in drugs, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and lava, which is the second death.”
I used to be guilty of some of the sins mentioned above. But, praise be to God, I am “born again” and a “new creature” in Christ that does not do any of those old things anymore. I don’t want to miss heaven!