Christian Women in Leadership

questions for heaven

Dave Fred. stated a series last weekend at the O.P.V.--questions people would ask God. Last week started with "Why is there war?" (the message is downloadable on the website http://vineyardoakpark.com, but it is not there yet)

Anyway, so I was thinking yesterday, if I had one question--what would I ask God? However, I don't think I would "waste" it on a theological question, b/c I can find out all of the answers to that when I die. Instead I think I should ask something that would help me now. My first thought, "when am I going to get married?" so I could start planning. But what if God said, "when you're 35," I would be discouraged and think "that is sooooooo long." I wouldn't want to ask God who I am going to marry, I decided, that would spoil the surprise.

But then I thought, I shouldn't waste my one question for God on that, because once it happens (hopefully somewhat soon) then I don't have any further insight for the rest of my life. I think instead I should ask, "When am I going to die?" because then I could also start planning. I mean, I could plan my own funeral, for example, and then none of my relatives would have to worry about it.

But then I also thought maybe I should ask God, "what am I going to die of?" But that could be a trick question, for example, what if he said "thyroid cancer." Then I would be getting CT's every 6 mo's of my thyroid to try to detect cancer, but then I could end up getting cancer from all of the tests, the excess radiation. See, it could be tricky. Plus, what if He said, "gun shot wound" or something--I would live my life in constant fear.

So, I think it would really be best to ask when I am going to die, then I could plan out all of my days and not waste time.

posted by the princess @ 9/22/2005 06:06:00 PM