Do You "REALLY & TRULY" want to go to heaven?
The title of this piece comes from a question that has been rolling around in my mind for quite some time. The initial response from anyone and everyone is 'yes', 'sure', "who in their right mind wouldn't want to go there?" To seriously ask someone that question (at least someone in the south), is to receive a response that goes something like this, "S eriously? Give me a break, who wouldn't want to go there, after all, it's the "sweet by and by" with gates of pearl, streets of gold, walls of jasper, and you get a mansion! It's a place you'll never grow old, there's no sickness, sorrow, or pain, and the greatest thing of all is that we get to see our family and friends who have gone on before us and it will be great ." Sound familiar? All of us, at one time or another, have pondered these thoughts. With these thoughts as a backdrop, consider this question, "H ave you ever gone somewhere 'thinking' i...