More hot thoughts for hot days

Many people dislike this scripture.

"Jesus answered, 'I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.' " John 14:6

What does it mean if someone can't go to the Father? Where is the Father? Learned theologians love to debate this.

I think I'll go for the explanation for a seven year old. The Father is called God. If he is in your heart, Jesus is in your heart and you love both of them. You want to do only those things that would make them smile because you love them. If Jesus is not in your heart, God can't be in your heart either. If God and Jesus are not in your heart, you don't care whether they are happy or not. You only care if you are happy.

When the time comes, God and Jesus are also in heaven. If you love them, they will welcome you and meet you and you will not be afraid. You will be very happy to see them.

If you do not love Jesus, you do not get to go to heaven to be with him. That is very bad. Have you ever had a very bad day when everything went wrong? It's worse than that. Nobody smiles and, since you don't want Jesus, there is nobody to show love to you. God stays with Jesus.