Joe and Bill were two friends who had played golf together for years. They had often discussed if there might be golf courses in heaven. They decided which ever one of them died first would get word back to the other one if there were courses in heaven. In the course of time Joe went on ahead. Of course for Joe, being in heaven, time meant nothing at all. Back on earth time continued as always. Finally, after Joe had been dead for five years he contacted Bill. Bill said, "Well, Joe, can we play golf in heaven?" Joe responded, "Bill, I have good news and bad news." Bill said, "Man tell me the good news." Joe said, "There are some of the most beautiful golf courses here you can imagine." To which Bill questioned, "What could the bad news possibly be?" Joe answered, "You tee off on hole number 8, Friday at 10:00."
So it is in ever life there is the good news and the bad news. The life of man born to woman is "of a few days and full of troubles." I have never met a man or woman who has spent much time on the road of life who had not had some misfortunes along the way.
Life is great, in spite of the annoyances that we experience. However, most people never enjoy life to the fullest extent that God would have for them to enjoy. There is not a pain, heartache, or sorrow which we experience that is not a direct result of the original sin we have inherited. A lot of the modernists shun away from anything related to sin. To many of them, sin is just an occasional setback as man evolves upward to reach a position like the angels. Sin, to them, is a hiccup, not a death rattle.
There is a path for man to follow that leads to the highest demands of his conscience. That path was declared to the disciples by Jesus when he said, "I am the way...." I prefer to think of the land at the end of that path to be the "Land of Nomore." "And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away." Revelation 21:4.
Here we must blend together: the pain and health, life and death, and joys and sorrow. Now we see the great things dimly as thought looking through a darkened glass. Now we know only in part and live a partly filled life, but not so in the "Land of Nomore." But, oh, my soul, the joys that await those that travel the path that leads to this land. If you don't know the way, get a map. They are available everywhere. It is called the Bible.
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