Outside Reading, Crazy Love - Melissa Marazzi

I was reading the through the book Crazy Love by Francis Chan. Chan takes a very proactive approach to the Christian faith, proclaiming that we must be bold. He made a really interesting point in the book that struck me fiercely as I read it. He asked the reader to ponder going to Heaven and experiencing everything you hoped it could be. All your friends were there, people you loved, there was no pain or sadness, you were completely filled and satisfied to the full extent and thoroughly happy. But Jesus wasn’t there. Would you still want to go there? I think this is a powerful question that really strikes the heart of a Christian and gets them to think about what is more important to them: getting to Heaven or being with Jesus? The obvious and easy answer would be to say that of course a true believer would not want to be there if Jesus wasn’t. But this can also be seen in real life, day-to-day. It is hard to live day in and day out, being constantly tried and tested by the Spirit, but Jesus is hear with us. The one that would most likely chose the Heaven without Jesus would be the one who cannot take the trials of life for the sake of his Savior. But in the end, being connected with Jesus, I think is clearly the better of the two, regardless where it takes you.