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When I was 3 years old and I lost my favorite ring, my mom took me in her arms as I cried, and I asked what must be a Christian parent's least favorite question: "will I find it again in heaven?"
Instead of explaining severely that I didn't need to think about "Stuff" in heaven and that that was a worldly thing to say, she simply told me that heaven was a place where there was no sadness, so if I needed it to be happy it would be in heaven.
Now, I don't think for a moment that that ring is going to be in heaven, but her point remains: for our earthly minds, some things seem impossible to live without. So it is ok to tell our earthly minds that "If you need it to be happy it will be there" Realizing that if it is NOT there, your mindset will also have changed.
Instead of explaining severely that I didn't need to think about "Stuff" in heaven and that that was a worldly thing to say, she simply told me that heaven was a place where there was no sadness, so if I needed it to be happy it would be in heaven.
Now, I don't think for a moment that that ring is going to be in heaven, but her point remains: for our earthly minds, some things seem impossible to live without. So it is ok to tell our earthly minds that "If you need it to be happy it will be there" Realizing that if it is NOT there, your mindset will also have changed.
I retraced my steps back and forth from friend's house. (She lived four blocks away, I used to balance on curbs back then, but not always, and the amber was about the size of a small pebble.) I couldn't find it. Mom was very upset.
I suspect there will be a shelf for each of us for "stuff we lost" for out great amusement when we go to heaven. lol