I just finished a tremendous book, Heaven is for Real. This book gave me "tinglings" and goosebumps, made me almost cry, and left me desiring to know more about what this little boy experienced that I couldn't put it down. Now, since I want you to go read it (and please go read it!!) and experience it for yourself, I'm not going to give away too much. However, I do need to leave you with this. I would have to say that my "pre-camp" self, one who was very logical, black and white, and skeptical of anything that didn't seem to fit into the mold of how I was taught (while I learned a lot, I tended to put it all in a box and if it didn't fit, I threw it out) would have dismissed this account of heaven. Obviously, you can't go to heaven unless you're dead. Heaven isn't supposed to look like that. Angels don't really have wings do they? I knew that there were a few people in the Bible who did not have to experience death to go to Heaven but that was then, a long time ago, not in this day and age. One thing that I am extremely grateful for is that my camp experience has broadened my view of so many ideas and has taken me and my God out of this box that I constrained everything into and made me ask, "
Why not?" instead of "No way." God is big. He's huge. And He can work however He wants to. He doesn't need us to tell Him how to work, that there's no way He can work in the way He works. That's one of the biggest ways I've changed since camp. I've seen child-like faith every day. Is our walk include about learning more about God and diving into the scriptures? Yes, of course He wants us to learn more about Him. But we get so caught up in our petty arguments about theories that don't change the underlying theme of God. God is God. God is perfect. He loves us more than we can even fathom. And He wants us to come to Him by knowing His Son, His perfect sacrifice.
"Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."
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