will we ever meet again?

i hate change. and i hate the unknowns in life. hate may be a strong word... i fear change? and i fear the unknowns in life? it is so difficult to admit your fears because once admitted, they become a reality, and once a reality, they begin to encompass your life. though slightly terrifying, the fear of the unknown drives you to experience the new and exciting things life has to offer. so i am torn. is change good? or bad?

keeping with the theme, heaven is a huge unknown and a slightly scary thought for most. i grew up always knowing there is a heaven and a god though i did not know understand what exactly occurs after death. does anyone really? i remember my mother telling me how heaven could be anything and everything i wanted it to be. naturally, i wanted a room made of ice cream where i could eat ice cream all day long and never get a tummy ache. typical child. but is that really how it works? you can just wish for something in heaven and essentially get what you want? do you have to ask for it? or does god sense it and prepare it for when you arrive? will heaven be fun? how is it possible for there to be no pain or sorrow when our earthly lives are filled with them?

and do not even get me started on eternity. just the mere thought of it makes my brain hurt and my heart race. it is so surreal because nothing on this earth lasts forever. yet, in heaven, we will.

mind-boggling.

i kinda wish my grampa could just tell me what it is like. do they have rooms full of ice cream? what do you look like in heaven? old like when you died, or young like when you played baseball and jumped out of airplanes? have you met anyone significant in history? have you met god? what does he look like?

if my grampa somehow answers any of these questions, i will write about it, but in the mean time, check out the book heaven is for real. it is the story about a little boy's trip to heaven and back. it comforted some of my unknown fears about heaven and the afterlife. overall, it is a neat story! a link to the book on amazon can be found below.





http://www.amazon.com/Heaven-Real-Little-Astounding-Edition/dp/0849948363/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1336977530&sr=1-1