I remember reading somewhere, and I’m sorry to the author for not giving proper APA cited acknowledgement, anyway… I remember reading somewhere about a description of heaven. The first room that people looked at was hell. People were sitting around a table loaded with food. However, their spoons were much too long for them to serve themselves. Holding the handles, the people tried to reach the food and then turn the spoon so it would be reachable to their own mouths. Food spilled out, leaving the people hungry and miserable. They mumbled and complained, groused and moaned in their hunger and displeasure.
Then, the people looked into the second room, that was heaven. Inside was another table loaded with food and those long long spoons. However, in this room, the people were working together and feeding each other. They were content and happy, well fed and nourishing each other. Words such as please and thank you, oh compliments to the chef were heard ringing out.
In a very simple way, that is a good view of heaven and hell. Galatians 5 is just one spot of several which tells us about a single and very important command. “Love your neighbor as yourself.” However, in verses 14 and 15, there is a warning attached. “If you keep on biting and devouring each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other.”
In your hands, you hold a long spoon. Scoop up nourishment for your neighbor and share.
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