Choices

A woman dies and is met at the gate of Heaven. She is given a choice of Heaven or Hell. Unable to decide, she is given the chance to sample both. She is also told that once she makes a choice, it cannot be changed..

First, she goes to hell. There she is met by friends and given a lobster dinner, dancing and partying all night long. She has a wonderful time there and is glad to be in good company.

A couple of days later she goes up to Heaven. There are harps playing, singing and a celebration there also but she decides she would rather be with her familiar friends instead of God and Jesus. So she is sent back down to hell.

When she arrives back in hell, all she finds is desert wasteland . Her friends are no longer partying and having a good time, they're picking up the trash of the wasteland. She asks them, "What happened? This is so much different from before."

"Simple," they reply, " the last time you were here, we were just recruiting you."

Application:

Like the woman in this story, we all get a choice, except that ours must be made on earth. We can choose to follow the crowd of people that do things they know are wrong, but seem so much fun, then go to a place where we are deprived of joy. Or we can follow Jesus with his love for us, and go to a place where love abounds. Jesus or Satan? Heaven or Hell? The choice is yours to make now while you are here on earth, for there is no choice once you leave it.