Sunday, August 10, 2008

How to get to Heaven

I was testing the children in my Sunday school class to see if they understood the concept of getting to heaven.

I asked them, 'If I sold my house and my car, had a big garage sale and gave all my money to the church, would that get me into Heaven?'



'NO!' the children answered.



'If I cleaned the church every day, mowed the yard, and kept everything neat and tidy, would that get me into Heaven?'


Again, the answer was, 'NO!' By now I was starting to smile.


Hey, this was fun! 'Well, then, if I was kind to animals and gave candy to all the children, and loved my husband, would that get me into Heaven?' I asked them again.


Again, they all answered, 'NO!'


I was just bursting with pride for them.



'Well,' I continued, 'then how can I get into Heaven?'



A five-year-old boy shouted out,





'YOU GOTTA BE DEAD.'

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