I Wouldn't Call Him 'The Man Upstairs'

Have you ever heard someone refer to God as “The Man Upstairs”?

It is usually said with deference, I’ll give them that, but I wouldn’t say it.

First of all, I don’t want to diminish heaven by merely calling it “upstairs.”  In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus indicated that we shouldn’t take heaven lightly when He said, “Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God’s throne…”