On Sunday our small group at church got to talking about what we thought Hell really was or what it would be like. It was such an interesting topic...it inevitably lead to what Heaven would be like. Since no one knows the exact details of these places it leaves so much to the imagination. I wonder if that is what God intended so that each place ends up being beyond our imaginations.
Our group leader asked us to describe what we thought hell would be like in one word. I felt like I had a lot to say...as if my life in abuse and even before recovery was a small taste of hell. How could I sum up all of that in one word? There was pain, anger, confusion...but what would it be like to live in that "state" for all eternity? What would it be like to have no more hope...not even a small spec...not even the hope that tomorrow wouldn't be as bad? Sorrow....complete sorrow. That is my one word to describe what Hell would be for me...sorrow. A sorrow that was all within me...a sorrow I could feel in my bones. I don't have to worry about sorrow like that! People I know though may have nothing but eternal sorrow!
Someone mentioned the phrase in the Bible, "There will be a new Heaven and a new Earth". It was suggested that we may very well be living in a place similar to where we are now...and all that that entails but with new bodies (PRAISE GOD!!!). As this person went on a scary thought hit me. Where would God be? I knew the facts but I had to ask. Wouldn't God be where we (the saved) were? I was reassured but what a scary thought. Isn't that what this life is for? I struggle and I fight in this life knowing that I will rest in heaven. I don't fight to earn a spot in heaven. It doesn't work that way. I fight to "convince" my children that God is worth the fight. I fight to show my sister what love looks like. I fight to light the path for the rest in pain looking at a future of sorrow. After I enter heaven I can do no more...but I wait there for my children and there children...and there children... I have this one life to convince others that the sorrows of this life are only temporary. We feel pain and dark days always come. Take joy in what you'll learn, eventually, from those trials and look forward to your time to rest and wait for the rewards...the lives you've touched.
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