THIS OLD HOUSE OF MINE.

[Chorus]
"Ain’t gonna need this house no longer
Ain't gonna need this house no more
Ain't got time to fix the shingles
Ain’t got time to fix the floor
Ain't got time to oil the hinges
Nor to mend the window-pane
Ain't gonna need this house no longer
I'm gettin' ready to meet the saints."

Yes,

that was my house many, many, many 

years ago.  It was a God send in it's day.

Many memories are contained in it.   

But, God provided us with a new house

further up the hill.

Of course the picture was taken after

it had sit abandoned for a long time.

And, I confess, I enjoyed tearing it 

down by my self.  [Well, with the help

of an occasional grand son.]

So, I had an old house and now I

have a new house.  That is the way

it will be for those who have a personal

relationship with Jesus Christ.  We live

in our old house here on earth.  But then

when we die we go to live in our new 

house in heaven with God himself.

Read about it;

"For we know that when this 

earthly tent we live in is taken

down (that is, when we die and 

leave this earthly body), we will have

a house in heaven, an eternal body

made for us by God himself and not

by human hands.  We grow weary

in our present bodies, and we long

to put on our heavenly bodies like

new clothing.  For we will put on

heavenly bodies; we will not be spir-

its without bodies.  While we groan

and sigh, but it's not that we want to

die and get rid of these bodies that 

clothe us.  Rather, we want to put on

our new bodies so that these dying

bodies will be swallowed up by life.

God himself has prepared us for

this, and as a guarantee he has given

us his Holy Spirit."

(2 Corinthians 5:1-5 NLT)