Reflections from Hell

I a reading two books right now, one is called “90 Minutes in heaven” the other is called “23 Minutes In Hell”. I have read just a few chapters in each book. The accountants of both heaven and hell are already causing me to reconsider my present value system. In reading hell’s horrors and heavens delights I am beginning to take stock of my life and what I consider good. In particular the story of the man sent to hell has really got me thinking. The man sent to hell missed the smallest of things, blue oceans, cool breeze’s, moments of interaction with his wife and others. You should read how this man described water how precious it had become to him, it made me swish the water around in my mouth today just trying to appreciate it more.

I think I take advantage of the little things, things like water, like interactions with my wife and with others. My day gets all huffy when I am stuck in traffic, when I don’t make as much money as I want, when times are just a little hard. This man who was in hell, in the absence of everything good, he longs for human interaction and cool breeze and beautiful view. He didn’t remember the days there was no traffic, nor did he remember how much money he made, or even the times where life was easy. He longed for peace, and rest, a pretty view, his wife, and a glass of water.

I have all these things in abundance yet I don’t always appreciate my life.
The things this man longed for are reflections of the goodness of God, that is why when he was Hell he didn’t have them. I think we should all take a moment and rejoice in the good things of God, really take a moment and enjoy them. You may never find yourself in Hell but it would be a shame to find yourself at the end of your life missing all that would was good in it. Live the Adventure.