Thoughts on Heaven and Hell
I’ve been thinking about Heaven and Hell today. Kelsi told me this joke: All the Christians are up in Heaven partying it up until you get to the some who are sitting around silent. God says, “Shhh, it’s the Baptists, they think they’re the only ones up here!” I laughed at that, because lucky for the Baptists, God takes ANYONE who believes in Jesus.
Kelsi also asked, “Now that you’re Christian, you’re not going to try to turn me, are you? Cuz that’s not cool.” No, I don’t want to turn her. She doesn’t want God in her life, so when she dies, she won’t have God in death. She gets what she wants because God respects her choice. But, what if she sort of still believes it with a tiny bit of her heart? From what I’ve read so far – and I’m not holding a book in front of me, so there won’t be any references at the moment (and feel free to correct me if I have this wrong!) – there are levels of heaven and hell, correct? Somewhere in “I Don’t Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist,” it says that everyone will experience the afterlife differently, that our lives on earth prepare us for how we experience eternity. I wonder how she would experience it. Is it like the “Celestine Prophecy” suggests: constantly living out the control dramas of our lives for all eternity? If that’s Hell, I’ll take Heaven…
In Joey’s article from almost a year ago, Riding the Wave? he talked about the sensation of surrendering to the Higher Power, whatever it may be.
I’ve chosen God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit.
He’s chosen…something I don’t quite understand completely, but it works for him. If he feels that for all eternity, I’m sure he’d be plenty pleased with it. All I know is that surrendering to the Higher Power is an incredibly freeing and secure feeling. Funny that this song just came on:












