Destination Heaven

My daughter, Christina, recently wrote a book called, "Destination Heaven", this book is awesome.  With the help of the Holy Spirit, she writes about things that are so important to all of us these days.  I am adding a bit of this book below so you can get a taste of Destination Heaven.  Enjoy, then go out and get your own copy of her book on Amazon.com.

Destination Heaven
By Christina M. Beebe

Believing: Like seeing the 3D Image in the Magic Eye Design

Do you recall those Magic Eye books that were popular back in the 90's?  Did you ever try to pick out their 3D images?  You stare at the flat paper design-for seconds, minutes, or even hours-until your eyes relax just enough for you to be able to see the 3D image pop out at you.  Once you get it, you can usually move your eyes around slowly to see all around the complexity of the 3D image.  The power of belief and its role in attaining salvation is kind of like that.  

That relaxing of your eyes is like a child's humility, the flexible creativity of a mind unhampered by adulthood.  Spiritually speaking, you humble yourself, relaxing your inner eyes just enough to believe and enter into the kingdom.  The 3D image of God's kingdom now pops out at you.

What happens when you are trying to see the 3D image, but you become distracted or someone interrupts you?  You lose focus.  All your effort at seeing the image is gone.  It takes concentration to get your eyes into just that place where you can see it.  Similarly, faith requires focused humility to see God's kingdom.

In 1 Corinthians 1:21, we learn how important it is to center our attention and heart on the Bible.  There are worldly distractions all around us trying to keep us from grasping the truth and making it our own (Believing): "For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe."

Believing God's word is not to be taken lightly, nor is it meant to be an arduous ordeal.  Just like seeing the 3D image, it takes deliberate focus and attention to believe.  Jesus tells us that unless we humble ourselves and become like little children, we will never enter the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 18:3-4), and that the kingdom of heaven "belongs to such as these"  (Matthew 19:14).  Have you ever noticed that little children have no trouble believing what is told to them?  They are flexible and creative in their thinking and willing to let others lead them.  Just as the grown-up Peter Pan was not able to partake in the feast before him until he was able to believe, so we cannot enter the kingdom of heaven until we believe.  But that's just the beginning.


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