What’s it Take to Get There you might ask yourself.  That is to get to heaven.  I want to show you two sides to the story:

A Very, Very Wealthy Lady

There once was a very, very wealthy lady.   One day, her Rollys Royce broke down along the road and she was between a rock and a hard place.   She wouldn’t ordinarily stop at this run-down coffee shop, but she had to.  Otherwise, her new expensive high heels would get broken on the hard rocky road.   She wasn’t about to walk back home in them.  They cost her a pretty penny so she bit her lip and decided to bite the bullet and just go in.  But,  she looked down and she was wearing a very expensive diamond ring, just one of many, and she decided that she’d better pull off this expensive ring and other jewelry not wanting to draw attention to herself.   She was one of those affluent people and someone might recognize her.   She got out of her Rollys Royce, looked around for any shady characters that might be hiding in the shadows and decided to go in.    You know when you have that much wealth, (I was told it was about 3 billion dollars or so) you get kind of paranoid.  Not trusting others anymore.    After she got inside the coffee shop she sat down, and asked the waitress for some coffee.   She didn’t want to feel like a free loader.  And, then asked the waitress if she could use her phone.  (she forgot hers believe it or not)  She figured her ole’ Rolls Royce would never break down.   She glanced to the right-hand side and saw what looked like a homeless man sitting there also drinking a cup of coffee.

Homeless Man

He used to have a professional job and family, but they didn’t need an old engineer anymore.  He was too old.  He didn’t have much money, just some government assistance,  and his wife had left him for another.  He was pretty much down and out.

The wealthy lady she had so much money that she formed different foundations in her name, and other stuff and set up some charity for others.  She liked to give to others for a write off but also because she figured that God would give her favor.   She never had a deep down personal relationship with God.  You see, she figured that she could actualy buy her way into Heaven.

The homeless man on the other hand who had nothing was just sitting there talking to the Lord.  He was telling him that he was sorry for not living his life the way he should have and he was saying to the Lord, I want to be a better man.  He then said to the Lord.  I don’t have nothing to give you like that pretty lady next to me, but Jesus, I love you with ALL my heart.  Dear Lord that is all I have left to give you is my love, and until the day I die, I will love you Lord with ALL my heart.  Please forgive me for all my sins.  I am sorry for all of them.  Please forgive me, I love you Jesus.

You see Jesus loves you with ALL his heart.  Not just a part of it, but all of it.

You see my friend, it doesn’t matter what you have, but where your HEART is that’s what matters to the Lord.   ALL the money in the whole wide world is Gods to begin with.  Why does he want more?  More of what?  Money and wealth is worthless in his eyes and Kingdom.   Money to Jesus isn’t important.  What  is important though is when you give your heart to Jesus that’s what is important to him.

So, next time you see someone whom you think has it all, my friend, think again and you will be the wiser.

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Author Billie Jean Kotulski

Disclosure:  Billie Kotulski is not a minister.  She’s just speaking from her heart.