I was looking at the moon the other night from my deck and the thought crossed me. What would it be like if we had some grainy video evidence of heaven. A sound byte even. Not testimonies of a bright light, or verses being slung at us. A grainy clip would do. Not like the Big Foot footage where you are left to wonder if its a hoax, but real confirmation. Then I remembered, "Oh yeah... the Church is to be that glimpse of heaven to people."The problem is that the glimpse we are giving people of heaven is too grainy to make out.
So what is the practice of heaven? And would heaven make any sense at all if we don't know how to practice it here on earth? Will we arrive in heaven one day like its our first day of school worried whether we can do this? Does eternal love make any sense, if we can't practice it in this lifetime? In heaven, will forgiveness drip from my soul like rain, because I allowed that to happen on earth?
Maybe the barbarian call of unleashing an untamed faith in the here and now involves me being the grainy glimpse of heaven. Loving my enemies. Forgiving those who in my power I can't forgive. Empowering the poor, giving drink to the thirsty in my life. Actually becoming the video footage that heaven is real, and, being OK that this footage will be blurry at best.
