How often have you wondered about whether there was life after death?

Sometimes we shrink in terror and in doubt when we contemplate something as

wonderful as heaven purports to be. We sometimes are assaulted by the

idea that's just too good to be true. A couple of years ago my wife and

I were involved in a train accident in Alabama where more people were killed

in that train wreck than in all the rest of the accidents of Amtrak in their

history combined and when we survived that we had newspaper reporters

poking microphones in our faces and asking questions like why were you so

lucky as to survive this and why would God allow you to survive and while he

took these other people's lives and I've often thought about that and one of

the things that pops into my mind is the assumption behind that question that I

was the lucky one because had I not survived the train wreck I'd be home I

would be in heaven what's the big deal but we'd matchfully assume that we'll

cling to life in this world desperately fearful that what lies beyond is

worse but for those who are going to heaven the bliss that God has stored up for

you is unworthy to be compared with any joy or any delight we cling to in this

life.

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