No Heaven. No Hell.

So I'm reading this book...the irresistible revolution. There's about a thousand amazing quotes, one liners, and ideas that Shane talks about in his pages of thoughts, but one startled me. I guess it hit hard, because it motivated me enough to pull my laptop out of my bag and write about it. Here's the question; “if there were no heave and there wasn't a hell...would you still follow Jesus?”

Kind of blew my mind a little bit. There's a million different angles to this one, but non the less, I didn't think it was one of those questions that you can have an immediate answer to. Well, that's what I thought until I asked the question to some of my classmates and they blurted out their answer in under five seconds. Most of the answers are what you'd expect, “of course I would.” But my friend Andrew, who I love to death, took a few extra seconds before he responded (still kept it under five) and replied, “no.” I didn't really know what to say. I expected everyone's answer to eventually be yes.

I can honestly say that I don't have an answer to the question right now. I know that my immediate impulse is to blurt out “YES!” at the top of my lungs and be offended toward whoever had the nerve to even ask the question that challenged how much I love my Jesus. I'm just not sure. I know how Christ makes me feel and I can honestly say that I don't know where I'd be without His love, but I also don't know how much I am truly motivated by eternal consequences. Time for a heart check.

So maybe ask yourself the same question. Dwell on it for a day, but not two. Let it eat at you, but not too much. I'll love ya either way and so will He.