From Ireland to Heaven
Posted: August 28th, 2009, 9:29 am
I was testing children in my Dublin Sunday school class to see if they
> understood the concept of getting to heaven.
>
> I asked them, 'If I sold my house and my car, had a big garage sale and gave all my money to the church, would that get me into heaven?'
>
> 'NO!' the children answered.
>
> 'If I cleaned the church every day, mowed the garden, and kept everything tidy, would that get me into heaven?'
>
> Again, the answer was 'NO!' By now I was starting to smile.
>
> 'Well, then, if I was kind to animals and gave sweets to all the children, and loved my husband, would that get me into heaven?'
>
> Again, they all answered 'NO!'.
> I was just bursting with pride for them.
>
> I continued, ' Then how can I get into heaven?'
>
> A six year-old boy shouted out:
>
> " YUV GOTTA BE FOOKN' DEAD...."
> understood the concept of getting to heaven.
>
> I asked them, 'If I sold my house and my car, had a big garage sale and gave all my money to the church, would that get me into heaven?'
>
> 'NO!' the children answered.
>
> 'If I cleaned the church every day, mowed the garden, and kept everything tidy, would that get me into heaven?'
>
> Again, the answer was 'NO!' By now I was starting to smile.
>
> 'Well, then, if I was kind to animals and gave sweets to all the children, and loved my husband, would that get me into heaven?'
>
> Again, they all answered 'NO!'.
> I was just bursting with pride for them.
>
> I continued, ' Then how can I get into heaven?'
>
> A six year-old boy shouted out:
>
> " YUV GOTTA BE FOOKN' DEAD...."
