YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TO IMAGINE, MR. LENNON

I love the early Beatles. Before the drugs, before Maharesh, and yes, before Yoko.

Some of their early love songs and want songs and songs of longing were so great. Also, they were so simple. Several of their early songs were made up of one syllable lyrics.

To me their best album ever was Rubber Soul. Ironically, after that one; the souls bounced away from me. Just silly stuff, such as "I am the Walrus," or "Oblah De, Oblah Dah." Even the "Yellow Submarine," didn't appeal. Nor "Lucy in the Sky."

But once in awhile they'd still produce something I liked. One of my all time least favorites was "Imagine". Why would I want to imagine a world where there's no Heaven as espoused by request in the first line? Followed by "it isn't hard to do". Why would that be easy? I mean if something's not hard, then it's easy. Without Heaven, and "no hell below us", then as Peggy Lee sang, "Is That All There Is?" becomes finality.

I much prefer the scriptural assurance that Jesus went to prepare a place for us. Now that's easy to imagine, because that's what He said. It isn't hard to believe Him. And He also said there is a hell. Scripture clearly addresses the place where there is a gnashing of teeth and solitary confinement in the lake of fire.

Is that all there is? That's enough. It's pretty simple. You're either a follower of Jesus Christ or not. If not? Why? It's a whole lot easier to submit to Him than to imagine what it might be without Him. Because of God's gift of scripture to us, we know what awaits us.