QUESTIONS ABOUT HEAVEN

Less than two hours after I wrote yesterday's blog -- really I wrote that around 1:15 AM this morning when I couldn't sleep -- we got the call at 3:00 AM that Rex's brother passed away peacefully. We lay in bed and had an interesting conversation for a while. Rather we let our imaginations run wild as we asked questions -- questions I must admit I'd never thought of before, and questions for which we had no answers.

Has Lynn been reunited with his parents yet? With my husband's first wife? Did he see his Savior first? Did he have a choice whom he would see, and when, on arrival? It boggled my mind to think that an hour, maybe even a half hour before we got the phone call, Lynn was on earth. Now, a few minutes later, he's in Heaven. How long does it take for a person to make the trip from earth to Heaven, anyway? Has he gotten over the wonder of being in Heaven? Was he surprised to discover where he was? If he could communicate with us, what would he say? How long until he meets Peter, Paul, John, Abraham?

While we had no answers to our questions, one thing we agreed on was: Lynn is far better off than we are! No wonder Ecclesiastes 7:1 (LB) says, "The day one dies is better than the day he is born!" You know, we humans are all mixed up in our practices. We have gala showers and parties when a little one is born into this sin-cursed world to face trouble and sorrow, pain and disappointment, etc., all through life. And when a person dies, we shed tears and mourn and grieve. Stop and think about it. It should be the other way around! Yes, we miss our departed loved ones; that's just human nature. And our tears are really tears of self-pity. We weep and cry for ourselves because we miss our loved ones, not because we want them back to face more suffering, heartache and disappointments! We're the ones still left to face all these things. Our loved ones will never even have so much as a headache anymore! I could go on and on along this line. But I think you get what I'm trying to say. So I'll let you add your own ideas along this line.

Amazing, and interesting, how our thoughts about Heaven are so different these days. Must be the aging process and knowing we're getting closer to finding answers for ourselves firsthand!

Preacher's Kid