Looking back on our childhood, we can all laugh at a time when we thought that life was over because we had missed out on a new toy or a visit to Chuck E.  Cheese. If we only knew then what we know now, eh? What many people don’t realize is that this is a fairly accurate picture of heaven. Where, in the presence of our Lord and Savior, we will look back on our lives and laugh at what we thought was so important.

When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things.

1st Corinthians 13:11

Generally when people say they want to live a “full life,” they have a bucket list of to do’s. World traveling, love, kids, career, just to name a few. These things are great, but like a child crying over a toy, they leave us far too easily pleased. 

If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.

C.S. Lewis in Mere Christianity

We have a choice - live for creation or Creator. We serve a God who formed us in our mothers womb, who knows each hair on our heads and is sovereign over all the universe. Throw out your bucket list and see what sort of adventures your Heavenly Father has for you!