live like it's heaven

You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,

Love like you'll never be hurt,

Sing like there's nobody listening,

And live like it's heaven on earth.”

― William W. Purkey

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Just good theology, this

Live with gusto!  Check

Live in love! Check

Lift your voice!  Check!

But that last line says it all

Live like its heaven on earth

Exactly!

Think about it

Why did Jesus come to this earth?

To teach us how to get to heaven?

No!

Jesus came to show the solidarity between heaven and earth

To remind us that the earth is Sacred

And so are the people who live on it.

He came to teach us how to live on this earth

not how to scratch our way to heaven

To teach us how to bring the Kingdom of Heaven (or God)

In to being

Here!

Now!

And we are taught to pray

Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done

On earth!

and we are impelled to live accordingly

which means fighting for justice

making peace

demanding and creating equity

advocating for and working for equality

We should support nothing on this earth

That would not be allowed in heaven

No caged children

No people without clean water (or water at all)

No greed

No hate

Nothing

We should do nothing on this earth

that would not be acceptable in heaven

We should feed the hungry

Clothe the naked

House the homeless

We should be people of

compassion

generosity

and kindness

we should live like its heaven on earth

after all the

Kingdom is very near

perhaps as near as our breath