No Heaven
Today’s Mail:
“The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” – John 10:10
“Indeed, if we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the gospels, it would seem that Our Lord finds our desires, not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.” – CS Lewis
Many years ago, Andrae Crouch wrote a song “If heaven was never promised to me” in which one of the main chorus lines was “It’s been worth it all, just having the Lord in my life”. That is my story and I am sure countless others as well. You see, I didn’t get into Christianity because I had hit rock bottom (or at least I didn’t know it at the time), but because I was bored w/ my life style, at 28 years old I felt like I had seen and done it all. I started out as a guitar player in my early teens and continued on in the music business as a tour House sound engineer, to a production mgr, and now a tour mgr. Since I was 16 years old I had lived on my own with no rules or anyone to answer to, but frankly all the freedom was causing me more grief than I thought possible. I always resisted any type of sales pitches so when people approached me peddling their wares, I sent them on their way as fast as possible, this included religion peddlers. I chose Christianity (or maybe it chose me) because when I looked around at my friends that seemed to be truly happy, they were all into it. I watched my close friends like Barry McGuire, & Charles McPheeters, rock idols, radically change, it seemed like overnight. The great thing about these guys, was that they never tried to sell me anything, they just lived a very “fat” life 24 hours a day. The rest of my friends seemed to just go on living and demonstrating that life could only get worse. So if there was no such thing as heaven, I would sign up again tomorrow. I have never lived such a full and happy life; every day seems to get better. Do I have bad days ? Of course, but they are far less than the good ones. Oh, the heaven thing, I have a hunch that is all true as well…..