Even an Atheist Knows A Little About Heaven

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astles or throw frisbees on. Or where the sky and horizon stretch for miles and shrimp boats bob up and down with dolphins trolling in their wake. Nobody wants to leave. Those few days drum up a longing to be there forever.Even if you are an Atheist and don’t consciously believe in God, He has put clues in your heart like magnets to pull you toward Him. Like longing for a permanent vacation — Heaven.I remember as a kid trying to grasp the concept of eternity — specifically heaven. Here’s how I would do it: I would think about chunks of time and try to “feel” how long those chunks were. Then I would try to multiply those chunks to get a sense of how long eternity might be.My mind was blown every time, I couldn’t fit it into its friendly confines. It was like trying to swallow the ocean. It would all take place in the span of about a minute then I would return to whatever I w

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as doing.Ecclesiastes 3:11 — “He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he put eternity into man’s heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.” (ESV). He has put eternity into our hearts.Whenever we have a great time with friends or experience a mixture of fun with family and the beauty of wherever we take a vacation, that’s a slice of what eternity will feel like.God gives us lots of half slices of delicious cake down here as a foretaste of what’s to come - what it will be like in the new heavens and new earth. No more pain, none of these garbage wars started by demonic dictators or senseless murders or even tragedies on the level of lethal car wrecks.It will be over. Our hope will be fulfilled. We’ll never leave God’s presence. And best of all — we won’t have to go.</article></body>

If you hate leaving vacation (hopefully), then you have an idea of what Heaven will be like whether you believe it or not

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My son Dayton had tears in his eyes. He wasn’t crying, but his eyes were welling up and turning red, like a sponge absorbing water. I knew what he was sad about but I asked him anyway. “Dad, I don’t wanna go.”

We spent a few days at the beach over Easter with family, something we’ve been doing for a couple of years now. We love it and nobody wants to leave and go back to the reality of work or school.

Nobody wants to go back and see paved roads you can’t stick your feet into and build sandcastles or throw frisbees on. Or where the sky and horizon stretch for miles and shrimp boats bob up and down with dolphins trolling in their wake. Nobody wants to leave. Those few days drum up a longing to be there forever.

Even if you are an Atheist and don’t consciously believe in God, He has put clues in your heart like magnets to pull you toward Him. Like longing for a permanent vacation — Heaven.

I remember as a kid trying to grasp the concept of eternity — specifically heaven. Here’s how I would do it: I would think about chunks of time and try to “feel” how long those chunks were. Then I would try to multiply those chunks to get a sense of how long eternity might be.

My mind was blown every time, I couldn’t fit it into its friendly confines. It was like trying to swallow the ocean. It would all take place in the span of about a minute then I would return to whatever I was doing.

Ecclesiastes 3:11 — “He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he put eternity into man’s heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.” (ESV). He has put eternity into our hearts.

Whenever we have a great time with friends or experience a mixture of fun with family and the beauty of wherever we take a vacation, that’s a slice of what eternity will feel like.

God gives us lots of half slices of delicious cake down here as a foretaste of what’s to come - what it will be like in the new heavens and new earth. No more pain, none of these garbage wars started by demonic dictators or senseless murders or even tragedies on the level of lethal car wrecks.

It will be over. Our hope will be fulfilled. We’ll never leave God’s presence. And best of all — we won’t have to go.