WHAT IS HEAVEN

What is heaven? Is it a place where righteous people go on the judgment day? Who is deemed righteous anyway? A man with an arm length of criminal offences, or serial killer but before they died they were able to say a little prayer and atone their sins and take Jesus as their personal saviour? A prostitute who found God? Or a suicide bomber who deliberately massacre innocent people in the name of God? ? I feel sorry for all those who died virgins, they will be just sex slaves for those terrorists who died in the name of God.

I would not want to be in heaven, If I wouldn't be with the people I loved most in my life. Life would not be worth reliving for without my loved ones. What would life be in heaven - Would You and I lose our very essence? Would there be love and devotion? Or would people be like robots? With everything provided for, there would be nothing to work for, hence nothing really to look forward to, what else is there to live for... well good for bludgers really. From the moment you wake up - it would be the same as what was like the day before. Deja vu all the time, no passion, no excitement. It would be like people would be wandering around, singing (no gospel songs please), and nothing else to do, there would be no motivation, it could be very boring existence, living in a commune or kibbutz style. If God had no patience with Adam and Eve - just because they ate the fruit from the tree of knowledge, obviously God wanted them to be illiterate, dumb and stupid - I can just imagine how would He handle countless of poor souls with different religious background, upbringings, characters, atittudes, personalities! Heaven only appeals to those who lived a very disadvantaged life on earth.

Heaven and Hell are here on earth. I have experienced both, the highs and lows. The greatest of the highs was when I fell in love - that was heaven. The birth of my boys - heaven. When Romy, my first serious Boyfriend and my Mom died - the feeling was like I was in hell. The time when I lost my job - not quite hell but still hell because I have children to feed and look after.

For me Eternal life is how I will be remembered when I die. How I will stay in the hearts of the people I treasured, I loved most and to those people whose lives I touched - the difference I made to their lives. I know I will live forever. In their memories and in their hearts - well that's HEAVEN.

I would like to share this Bryan Adam's song with you

Heaven

Oh - thinkin' about all our younger years
There was only you and me
We were young and wild and free

Now nothin' can take you away from me
We've been down that road before
But that's over now
You keep me comin' back for more
Baby you're all that I want
When you're lyin' here in my arms
I'm findin' it hard to believe
We're in heaven

And love is all that I need
And I found it there in your heart
It isn't too hard to see
We're in heaven

Oh - once in your life you find someone
Who will turn your world around
Bring you up when you're feelin' down

Ya - nothin' could change what you mean to me
Oh there's lots that I could say
But just hold me now
Cause our love will light the way


I've been waitin' for so long
For somethin' to arrive
For love to come along

Now our dreams are comin' true
Through the good times and the bad
Ya - I'll be standin' there by you