This is the podcast of Jonathan David and Melissa Helser.

In this episode, Jonathan shares his heart about songwriting and the story behind no longer slaves.

This message was captured at the Bethel Music songwriting

retreat with a small gathering of songwriters and worship leaders.

So this feels a lot like what I think heaven's going to feel like.

Us just going from house to house sharing songs with each other.

Because about 10 billion years from now house sharing songs with each other.

Because about 10 billion years from now we're still going to see another side of God's face

and fall down with the angels writing new songs.

So here's the good news you're not behind. You know that voice that says

you're behind? You're not behind. You have all of eternity to keep writing songs.

Yes, you can write songs here on Earth that you can't write in

heaven because there's a tension here there's not in heaven. You know there's no

tears in heaven? So that's why God collects them here on earth. You can give him tears here

that you can't give him in heaven. That's why offerings mean something here

because they're paving streets with gold in heaven, right?

So when you give here it means something, like they're not taking offerings in heaven for

money, but when you give here it touches a place in his heart that you can't do in heaven. But that anxiety that you're behind and

you miss something that's not the yoke Jesus died to give you. The yoke he died

to give you is one of joy and partnering with the father and what he's created you to be.

So us just sitting around sharing songs is what I think heaven's going to be like with lots of stories and lots of good food

But we're gonna be I'm gonna you guys I'm gonna come in one of y'all's houses one day. I'm like oh my gosh I just saw another side of God's face. We've been here 30 billion years and I've never seen that part of his face.

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