Enjoying the backyard sunshine, my granddaughter asked
a big question. “What’s heaven like, Grams?”
The
question didn’t surprise me. She likes asking those big questions—the ones that
make you flinch, test your heart rate and dig deep into your heart and Bible
knowledge. But, what took me off guard (and it shouldn’t have) was the setting
in which she asked it—just a relaxing-in-the-sunshine kind o’ day. That’s how
kids roll, though. They ask the hard questions when they’re most relaxed,
feeling safe in their surroundings and around those they love and trust.
So
I rolled with it, too, as honestly as I could not having visited heaven just
yet and based upon what Scripture says. Fishing for a deeper, hidden question I
asked her why she wanted to know. Instead
of answering my question she offered her own opinion of what heaven looks like.
“Heaven’s like a big house with lots of rooms, but no walls; no front or back walls.” Then she asked, “Will we see
our pets in heaven or the people who’ve already died?”
