So I wasn't completely sure what I was going to post today. But as I ran through my first blog comments (Thank you Polly!) I came across an interesting point. Polly commented that her idea of Heaven is boring - vast stretched of beautiful landscape and people wearing angel smiles. "Hell", she said, seems exciting, controversial and well, more interesting. I never really thought about it that way!
I remember people commenting on how perfection is boring because you have nothing to work towards. And that "winning" is bitter-sweet...because it's the end of the task. Is Heaven similar? Can you actually get bored with Heaven? Eternity is a long time - what do people do up there?! I suppose my idea of Heaven is more a concept where whatever you want Heaven to be, it becomes. So in my friend Polly's case maybe she'll turn Heaven into Hell.
I've half-joked before that I think Earth is Hell. Well, what if it's Heaven? Lets say your time comes up and you are lifted up to the gates of Heaven. Peter asks you, "close your eyes and imagine your Heaven. When you walk through the gate, that's what you will have." What if I close my eyes and I imagine being back on Earth? Another chance. So here I am...in Heaven.
If Peter told you the same thing, what would you imagine as you walked through the gate?
Second question - if you can pick one moment in time to freeze for eternity, what would it be?
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I would imagine something like the Earth, but even "bigger"...with maybe some 10 planets that I could visit and explore, I would imagine the same Earth but with more interesting people around and more accessible to things, less social diference.
I would freeze summer time in Brazil, with my friends at the beach...no worries...just partying!
I think that I would imagine Heaven as somewhere that I could be with the people that I love...One of my biggest fears is that the people you love on Earth, may not be with you in Heaven.
I don't think that I have experienced the moment that I would freeze yet...I anticipate many great moments to come.
I wonder that too! What if I'm friends with people that don't make it into heaven? Are they cloned for us to enjoy their company? Anne, how does the bible describe Heaven? I know as a former altar boy and catholic school student I should know this but...I was always a bit of a slacker.
"Lets say your time comes up and you are lifted up to the gates of Heaven. Peter asks you, "close your eyes and imagine your Heaven. When you walk through the gate, that's what you will have." What if I close my eyes and I imagine being back on Earth? Another chance. So here I am...in Heaven. "
this is actually one of the most beautiful things i've ever read.
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