An exasperated mother asked her little boy, “How do you ever expect to get into heaven?”
Johnny thought a minute and said, “Well, I’ll just run in and out, and in and out, and keep slamming the door. Finally, someone will say, ‘For pity’s sake, either come in or stay out!’ Then, I’ll go in.”
I think the author of the Letter to the Hebrews would like that story. For he is doing for us what the mother did for her little boy. He is making us aware that entering God’s rest (heaven) should be a major concern for us. He is making us aware that the loss of heaven is the ultimate and unforgivable failure of a human life.
st. michael's parish, remuera, auckland, new zealand
