If there were no heaven....

[Digging4Truth]

I cannot say that I would be where I am now because I know that much of the journey God has taken me on was spent living out of fear. So fear helped get me where I am. But I have moved beyond that and the life I live now is because of my relationship with God.

I live what I love and love what I live.

I live things that I don't think send people to hell and, to tell you the truth, I am currently not real sure about our concept of hell.

So... I would live for him like I live for him now. But I don't know if I could have gotten here without beginning in fear and learning to love Him for his wisdom and my love for his excellent ways.

I was thinking along the lines of the question you pose today. I have seen people live and preach standards of modesty and holiness. And then when they got out of a church that preached these things all went out the door.

I have seen people live and preach against the holidays but as soon as they were out of a church that preached it these things went out the door. I think they were convinced that these were their personal convictions but an opportunity to circumvent them proved otherwise.