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The heart of the Holy Scriptures is the resurrection, victory over death, the destruction of sin. Amen. Do we always see the heart as the heart? Or have we replaced the heart with a foot or a hand or, even worse, with a stone?

Let’s say that I went up to my two year old daughter Audrey and offered her one of two things. The first thing she could have is to live forever in a world where there was no suffering or pain or death, but instead only joy and love and peace. And that world would never end.

The second thing is she could have a Dora the Explorer sippy cup filled with chocolate milk.

Do you know which one she would pick? She would yell “Dora!” at me before I could even finish the question!

And the reason is simple. She doesn’t understand eternal life. She can’t imagine that place of unending joy. It’s hard for her to grasp; goodness, it’s hard for her to understand the WORDS, when we speak of things like RESURRECTION, and a world where evil and sin and pain don’t exist.

Instead, she focuses on and has a grasp of what is right in front of her. She focuses on Dora and the chocolate milk. And besides her lack of understanding, children aren’t great at delayed gratification. They always just chase after what is right in front of them.

In all these things, brothers and sisters in Christ, I now ask you a question:

How different from a two year old are we?

To be continued…