Baby, It’s Cold Outside!
Our thermometer read 23 degrees this morning.
For someone in Alaska that may not seem very cold, but for a Tar Heel that is cold. The weatherman is talking about an arctic blast that came our way and of another that will be here in a day or two. When we moved to North Carolina, we were hoping that we left arctic blasts far behind.
Real cold is uncomfortable. Real heat may seem uncomfortable, but it is not the same as cold. When the temperature dips, the weather begins to hurt. When the temperature begins to rise, the temperature makes us sweat. There is a big difference.
That is not to say that when the temperature goes very, very high, it is more comfortable than when it is low. When we arrived in South Africa the last time, the first Sunday we were there the temperature was about 104 degrees Fahrenheit. It was hot. We didn’t have any air conditioning in our church so, even though the fans helped, it was hot.
It makes me realize how much I don’t want to spend eternity with the heat of a burning fire welcoming each morning, evening, and night. Nobody will turn off the heat and there will be no respite from it. Day after day. Night after night. Week after week. Month after month. Year after year. It will all be the same.
What will it be like in heaven? We don’t know many details about the heat or cold, but my assumption is that heaven will have a very even, pleasant temperature. In fact, we may not feel heat or cold. Our bodies will not be like the ones we have now. We won’t feel any pain so it will never be too cold or too hot.
It seems to me that going to heaven or hell is not something to take a chance about. God has promised that all who are His children will go to heaven and spend eternity with Him. There are those who are not sure about God, but He is not someone to ignore. He has promised that all those who ignore Him will spend eternity in that terrible, terrible eternal heat. Don’t risk it. Will it really hurt to take God at His Word and trust Him today?
