Heaven is for real

Is heaven real or is it just a figment of our imagination?  Is it something we believe or is it something we live out in our ordinary everyday lives.  Is it something we strive for or is it what keeps us in line?  It is right for us to fear something so wonderful?  It is right for us to think that only a select few will experience rapture?  God gave us freedom not only to make mistakes but to experience what life has to offer, in this world and the next.

There was a child by the name of Colton Burpo who told a tale of how he went to Heaven, met God, his Grandfather and even his sister whom he never knew existed.  How can a child recall with such vivid account what he saw and felt?  How did he know what his parents had never spoken?

Capturing faith in a bottle is not something we can borrow, it is not something we can steal or owned.  It is something to be savored, loved and carried with us throughout our life here on Earth.

Colton brought to us a story much like the story of Jesus.  Do we believe?  DO we take that leap into the unknown? Do we have the strength to find out or have we become so inundated with daily labors that we forget to live remained locked into our daily lives?

This child heard the songs of angels; he saw the beauty as something so simple. ‘Everyone is young in Heaven’, he is said to have told his dad in a conversation about his journey.  This is never more true – we are all children of God so it comes to reason that we would all be young in the eyes of the Lord and to each other.  We share these thoughts with God who is in each and every one of us.

When I hear stories from a child, they are more real and cherished to me than any accomplished author.  There is a phrase that comes to mind, ‘through the eyes of babes’.  God speaks to us through the heart and mind of a child.  A child born into this world from, by and for Heaven.  It took a child, much like Colton, on a starry night in Bethlehem to change forever the face of our world.  Looking into that child’s eyes must have been a sight to behold.  It took a child to see the simplicity of hope and kindness.  Must we too see, through our own eyes, the child in each of us?

To think as a child, to act as a child, to feel as a child is a rare gift God gives us all.  Do not be afraid on that last day at that last hour for He is always with us – we are never alone.

For this moment and for the rest of my life – yes, I say yes, Heaven is for real.

May your have a blessed Christmas and a joyous new year.  May your hearts not be troubled and may the wind be at your backs.  May His peace be with you, always.