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Wednesday, October 31, 2007, 12:23 AM

While doing qt today, I imagined what heaven might be like..

I used to think that heaven was overrun by pious, uber-holy ppl in glowing white robes and all. People that never cussed, never did anything wrong.. (Sorta like the Flanders family from The Simpsons)


But today I just had this thot that heaven is more filled with ordinary people. I imagined people walking around with white robes, yes.. but they weren't boring and stuffy.. instead they had funny characters.. a decent sense of humour. um also with bad hair and all..

There's this drawing in my Bible (I'm using a Catholic Bible actually, Today's English Version), and it was a picture of a "grandstand" (using JC terms here, haha) of people cheering as one guy was being given a crown of leaves.. (this is for 2 Tim 4:8)

I imagined that in that grandstand there were people of all different races, people who looked like me and you.. Also people who wore tattoos and looked gruff, ex-convicts and all..

And I had a thot.

God doesn't expect me to be sinfree and perfect. There is no way I am anywhere close to that. (I think it's a serious prob if anyone were to think themselves perfect n sinfree actually..)

I'm flawed, I'm a sinner.

Why else would Jesus have to die on the cross?

Um okayy.. cos of that too but it's mostly cos of God's desire to save us cos of love..

And I had another thot.
That God doesnt expect me to be perfect, all He wants is that I love Him soooo much, that I submit my life, my everything to Him.. and in so-doing, try my bestest not to sin.

I'm guessing that for most of those people in heaven right now.. that's the one and only thing they have in common. Yet also the single most important thing to have in common.
They found God's love, and chose to run after Him, to repent and to worship Him with all that they are.

Love.

That's the main thing.
I din say it, it's all there in the 2 greatest commandments.
L O V E

Hmmm........


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I liked today's devotional a lot, so I pasted part of it below:

"All voyages, however, are fraught with uncertainty, especially those that pass through waters never sailed before. We don’t fear death so much as we do the passage. Who knows what dangers lie ahead?

But the journey is not uncharted. One has taken it before us, and He has returned to bring us safely through. Although we pass through the valley of the shadow of death, God is with us all the way (Ps. 23:4). His hands are on the helm as He guides us to the heavenly haven He has prepared for us (John 14:1-3)." —David H. Roper


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(and while typing this blog post, this song started playing on my iTunes.. haha)


A Saviour on a hill dying for my shame
Could this be true?
Defies the world I see
Yet this is all my heart was longing for
To know You my Lord
To know You Lord

You deserve
You deserve
You deserve all the praise

The heavens wept for You
The earth cried out "Could He be the One?"
For You so loved the world
You gave Your only Son to say
I love you so
Oh how I love You so

Hallelujah to the King
Hallelujah we will sing forever

And all humanity
Aches to find this beautiful love You give
We come to You again
To offer up our lives
To worship You alone
To worship You alone