THE GOAL OF THE BELIEVER

This week David Crosby tweeted that heaven is "overrated and cloudy." He did this a day before he died (81). He was a legendary musical talent with "The Byrds" and "Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young." Crosby's comment about heaven came in response to a Google search that asked, "Can we go to heaven with tattoos?" The result of the Google search read, "People with tattoos will not go to heaven. People who drink alcohol will not go to heaven. People who eat too much pork will also not go to heaven. Short people will not go to heaven."

Of course, this must be satire at best because it's just not true. The only reason anyone goes to heaven is for the reason Paul the apostle said in Philippians 3:12, "Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own." Did you catch that last part? "...because Christ Jesus has