What Will Heaven Be Like?

Last night, Ang and I watched a movie called The Five People You Meet in Heaven. It was a made for TV movie, but actually quite entertaining. I wouldn't camp out on the theology of the movie but it was enough to get me thinking about life, death, and heaven. The main premise of the movie is that every life has an impact on other lives. The people we come in contact with, how we respond to situations, the choices we make - all of these impact those around us. Through out the course of the movie, Eddie Maintenance, met five different people that each helped him to see how he had an impact on their lives. In turn, it also gave him answers to many of his questions surrounding his life. It was this last point that impacted me the most.

I know that no matter how much I try to imagine what heaven will be like, I will fall short. But one thing I imagine heaven to be like is a time spent with God where He will help us to understand our lives. Why? Because I believe that as God reveals to us the details of our lives, the answers to our questions, He will bring glory to Himself, showing us exactly how He was in control all along.

Almost from the beginning of our lives, we want to know why. Why do I hurt? Why do I have to obey? Why did that happen? We are always asking the question why and I believe that when we get to heaven, God will reveal the answers. Why heaven? Why do we need to wait until then? Well in the famous words of Jack, "You want the truth?! You can't handle the truth!" I believe that God knows that we can't always handle the why's of life and that is why need to just trust in Him and know that someday, we will see.

Just Another Slogger

I can't believe that it has been a month since I've posted something. A lot has happened so it has been hard to get online and leave a post, and since it seems as though everyone else is posting recaps on what's been happening, I'll do the same. So here's the last month in a nut-shell:

1. Angela's grandmother passed away which meant that Dale (her father and my boss), was back in Ontario for 4 out of 5 weeks. While he was gone, I preached 2 services each Sunday, ran the youth, took care of chruch business, performed my first wedding (only found out 4 days before the wedding), and tried to catch a few moments of sleep.

2. Went to Seattle for our annual conference. Picked up 2 new cd's - Day of Fire's new one and another band who I can't remember. Returned car rental and left cd's in car. Hope it blesses someone.

3. Got the new Interlinc package. Not impressed with this one. One highlight was a new band called EleventySeven. Worth a listen. I wish that they had some kind of voting system set up so you could pick the cd's you want instead of what they give.

4. Went fishing when I got back from Seattle. Caught my first King Salmon. Check out the picture below. Figure it was around 30lbs.

5. Watched game 7 and wondered where the Oliers were, because they must have forgot that it was game 7!