Heaven

Where do we go when we die? One of life’s tough questions Is it reasonable to believe in Heaven? Does our final breath signal final separation? _____________________________________ When we speak at funerals do we say we loved someone once that it ended that what makes them is in the past Do we say “Hey, it was a blast, but who you are was destroyed by death!?” NO! We say their soul lives on they’re in a better place lodged in our memories survived by family and legacy Consoling words but they can’t be substantiated Comforts disguising unease from the gut won’t make death propitiated SO! Why believe? Love is in the present tense If we can’t say that forever then our hearts our contained constrained by time and I’m just a bleeding heart with a hemorrhaging mind take them away and you’ve got an empty human with eyes that are blind take away eternity we lose part of humanity part of mankind If you can only make the going easier from point a to point b might as well live a life of vanity live life by example do what makes you happy be respectful to company don’t be crabby just discard your dignity discreetly keep your life confidential all your actions are now conveniently inconsequential! Right and wrong fade to irrelevance without God one man’s evil is another’s decadence. If there’s nothing later life and death are two sides of the same coin we’re all schmucks with no luck. Living for a future of blackness seems to stab us through leave us heartless. If there’s nothing at the end there’s no harness we let go close our eyes, drownino darkness. Wait a minute! A God who made hell is ruthless, right? Hell doesn’t make Heaven so bright! You can’t have love without justice Last time I checked the peak of human enlighten-ment isn’t entitlement The doors of hell are locked from the inside God doesn’t damn anyone there It wasn’t made for us He died to keep us from that fiery affair And we blame God, cuss, and make a big fuss. When we are asked to accept someone’s love and reject it should it be expected that they’ll take care of us. Let’s throw standards under the bus. Hush little baby don’t feel down even if you don’t trust in me I’ll reward you when you turn away with a crown? We can’t have it both ways open your eyes, No one wants you to eternally die! __________________________________ If love and humanness do not end we don’t want to lose our identities, loved ones, friends In the words of Jesus Christ, “You are My friends if you do what I command. Love one another as I have. You are no longer slaves, take a stand. A slave doesn’t know what his master is up to everything My father has shown me I have made fully known to you.” “Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.” Let’s set the record straight until the end the Lord is your friend and He wants you to live forever man. You’re the apple of His eye you are to be treasured. No one deserves it but to desert this is like tearing an acquittal dismissing dismissal taking a missile letting life fizzle Heaven is not a shield from reality nor an excuse for abuse Its purpose is not so obtuse If you had your hopes up, sorry It’s not a never-ending praise and worship party It’s not church for eternity So why would God want you there? God loves you, His creation He wants to spend time with you they’ll be no more death, no more dying no more pain, no more crying This is my prayer that when I’m with God someday I’ll see you there That you know His heart that his priority has been you from the start Now and then I’ll prepare a place for you wait for you pray for you cheer for you hope for you I’m on your team even if we don’t agree I’m with you till the day I can’t breathe and everyday after I’m going to do what He called me to do I love life and I live you