Sunday, January 13, 2008

What's it like in Heaven?

A man was having a conversation with the Lord one day and
asked, 'Lord, I would like to know what Heaven and Hell are like.'

The Lord led the man to two doors. He opened one, and the
man looked into a room with a large round table in the middle. In
the center, on the table was a large pot of stew, which smelled
so delicious it made the man's mouth water.

Yet, the people sitting around the table were thin, sickly, and appeared
famished. They were holding spoons with very long handles strapped to their
arms. Each found they could reach into the stew-pot and take a
spoonful, but with the handle longer than their arms, they could
not get the spoons close to their mouths. The man shuddered at
the sight of their misery and suffering and the Lord said, 'You have seen Hell.'

He then opened the second door. The room was exactly as the first
one, with the large round table and large pot of stew, again
making the man's mouth water. The people were equipped with the
same long-handled spoons strapped to their arms, but here the people
were well nourished, plump, laughing and talking.

The man said, 'I don't understand.'

It is simple,' said the Lord, 'and requires but one skill. As
you see, they have learned to feed each other, while the selfish
think only of themselves.'

When Jesus died on the cross, He was thinking of you.

Remember, love your neighbour as you love yourself.

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