I love Harleys...in fact, in my profile I mention that I will be presented one at the pearly gates. My cousin, one of the coolest dudes I know (besides my brother dudes at church, and my hubby and boys) has one. One day I remember walking into a Harley Davidson dealership and gawking at the chrome and metal. I was going to ask the lady if they ever have 50-70% off sales...until I realized I wasn't at Wal-Mart or Super store looking for toliet paper or pork chops. My husband's boss has one too, and he's the leader of a super great ministry to addicts in this city....look'n cool, eh?
Last year, I had the best conversation with an old friend in Minneapolis. We were travelling through on the fourth of July, and had just seen a great display of fireworks that evening and walked home together with our families. We were talking about heaven and cars. She said that when she gets to heaven, she'd be presented a Jaguar (a certain color, I don't remember what). She is not the kind I would think that likes cool cars...but I laughed and told her that I always thought I'd get a Harley. We looked at each other and realized what we were saying!! What makes us think that we'd get a human made metal contraption at the end of our lives, and think we will be the happiest? Wasn't it ironic to think that after a life of sacrifice and good deeds, we'd get the best this old world has to offer? It was like saying "We have a right to what we never got in our life!! God owes us!!". I had never thought of it that way, just a consolation prize at the end, something to look forward too, when "everyone else has one....". Talk about twisted.
So now I've got myself un-twisted. What do I look foward too, when the Bible says that we need to leave all this behind? Simply, THE BEST. My Creator has promised the BEST, that I can't even imagine. So, poo-poo the Harley and give me what He's got coming. Maybe I can call up my cuz and ask for a ride on his........
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