Leaving on a Jet Plane

All my bags are packed
I'm ready to go
I'm standin' here outside your door
I hate to wake you up to say goodbye
But the dawn is breakin'
It's early morn
The taxis waitin'
He's blowin' his horn
Already I'm so lonesome
I could die

So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go
cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane
Don't know when I'll be back again
Oh babe, I hate to go

Evr'y song I sing, I'll sing for you
When I come back, I'll bring your wedding ring

So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go
'cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane
Don't know when I'll be back again
Oh babe, I hate to go

Now the time has come to leave you
One more time
Let me kiss you
Then close your eyes
I'll be on my way
Dream about the days to come
When I won't have to leave alone
About the times, I won't have to say

I'm leavin' on a jet plane
Don't know when I'll be back again
Oh babe, I hate to go
---John Denver

I'm heading off to Dallas, Texas tomorrow and gettin' my bags packed. The conference is about the internet and stuff like that. It should be interesting.

When a person gets ready to leave on a jet plane there are some things he has to go through.
~He must have a ticket.
~He must have his flight all paid for.
~He must think what he wants to bring with him because he can't bring it all.
~He must bring what is important for when he gets to his destination.
~He looks with anticiption of those he will be meeting on the other side.

A person could take this little trip and compare it to our life here on earth, as we prepare to go to heaven.
~We must have a ticket, that's Jesus' gift of Life for us.
~The ticket must be paid for, that's Jesus' giving His blood for us.
~We are not bringing much with us, only the things that are important, that's other humans, those who we declared the gospel to and they recieved the Son.
~We look with anticipation of those we will meet on the other side. Who are you anxious to meet and see again in heaven? I want to see my father, my friend, Terry, my brother-in-law, Rick and a few other friends I know!

God is a good God BUT if you want to see Him when you pass away, YOU BETTER HAVE A TICKET!

Romans 10:9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 11 For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.” 12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him. 13 For “whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved.”