The Pastor's Perspective

          I believe that e very good cook always has a taste of the meal they are preparing. I have been known to dabble in the kitchen and I know that has been my experience for sure. Before the meal is set out on the table, the cook tends to take a little bite of the food that has been prepared. This happens for me every Thanksgiving meal. Just before the turkey is presented, I might take a bite when no one is looking.     When we do this it gets us excited for what is to come. We get just a little taste of the meal we are about to chow down on. It prepares our taste buds and leaves us with an expectant urgency for the meal to come soon.       I think that t his is how it should be when we think about our church services as well. When we think about church services we should think of it as just a little taste of what's to come. The experiences we have as we gather together in church should wet our appetite to what we will one...

   A little girl was walking in the cemetery with her aunt one day. She was examining the various gravestones. When suddenly she cried out, "Oh, auntie, look here! Here is the tomb of some poor person who has not gone to heaven." This took the Aunt by surprise and she asked "Not gone to heaven?" She then turned to look at what her niece was referring to. The grave stone she was looking at was an elaborate monument with weeping angels sculptured in marble. The monument was very pretty and was decorated with various flowers. So the aunt being a bit confused asked  "Why, what do you mean?" "Well, auntie," said the child, "the person in the grave cannot have gone to heaven, or the angels would not be crying!"     Honestly, that girl was right.       There are a lot of things about heaven we really cannot know for sure. We can't know what exactly Heaven will look like. The bible gives us a few descriptions and while it is helpful the wor...