Do you want to live forever?

Hi, Ann here. I met Tracey just a little over a year ago. I am in the campus ministry where Casey works. I have a blog of my own but I have never had the privilege of writing on someone else's except for a comment or two. I was supposed to blog on Friday, but due to my busy schedule and getting home after midnight, I thought Tracey wouldn't mind if I posted today!
So now for the topic.. why the title? Well I went to see the movie The Island last night (hints why I didn't get home til after midnight). A great and very entertaining movie, I might add. But anyway, the movie is about cloning famous people so they could live forever. But the catch is instead of cloning just their organs they clone the whole body. The clones all live in a place they call decontamination, as real people and then they use them as needed on the Island. I won't give the movie away incase you want to go see it. But what got me was that they were cloning because "American's goal is to live forever". This got me to thinking about what worldly people feel it means to live forever and what Christians feel it means to live forever. I don't know about you, but I want to live forever in heaven. I just can't imagine not believing in God or that there is a better life after this. But obviously there are people in this world that will give anything to live forever on this earth. In the movie, the clone cost 5 million dollars. WOW! The price people are willing to pay. For example, plastic surgery just to look younger. I guess my point in all this is to say, Do I want to live forever, yes! But in heaven. Just imagine if people took living in heaven with God as seriously as they do wanting to stay on earth forever or stay "looking good" forever. Man, earth would be a much nicer place! Just a few thoughts I had, enjoyed being a guest blogger even if I did my post on the wrong day.

Ann