New News, and a Relaxing Weekend

So, this last weekend Beverly and I went to Pinetop, to relax. It was quite nice. Beverly was hoping for snow, and we did see some falling as wel drove in, but it didn't stick, and it didn't snow after that. Oh well. It was a pretty uneventful weekend, and that was nice. We watched some TV, went for a few walks in strong winds, and played Settlers of Catan a few times. For those of you who don't know the game, it is a blast even with two people.

The big news came on Monday when we got back into town. We met my long time friend Aaron and his girlfriend Kylee (whom he met in Australia) for dinner. Once there we found out that Aaron had proposed, and they are getting married this May. And the fun news is that they are getting married in Australia. So, yes, now Beverly and I have to make the all important decision of whether to go to Australia for the wedding. We were planning to go to Germany in Decmeber as a graduation present for Beverly, but this may take its place this year (I know, I know, we have to decide between going to Germany or Australia, life is SO hard). I am really excited for them, and she seems like a very nice woman.

Evil in Heaven?

I pray you are all doing well right now.

In the Sunday School class I go to at my church we are studying, Theodicy. Which is defined as -

defense of God’s goodness and omnipotence in view of the existence of evil.

Merriam-Webster, I. (1996, c1993). Merriam-Webster's collegiate dictionary. Includes index. (10th ed.). Springfield, Mass., U.S.A.: Merriam-Webster.

During this discussion, the concept of free-will has come up. I believe that we as humans have free-will and that it is necessary for the glorification of God. What is glory given to God if there is no opportunity to choose to do evil.

Anyways, last week we had the question raised: Is there evil in Heaven? Of course as a Christian the answer is an easy no. Well... maybe not so easy. It is clear from scripture that there will be no evil in Heaven, but as humans we will still have that free-will that God gave us, and therefore we will have the ability to choose evil, but we will be inclined not to because we are in Heaven.

So, can we do evil in Heaven, YES, it seems that way. But evilness is contrary to God and His goodness, and it would be wrong to have evil in Heaven right? Think about the glory we give God every time we choose to follow Him instead of not following Him. Think how much more glory we will give God when we will never choose to not follow Him, as we will in Heaven.