{"id":61,"date":"2016-05-27T04:11:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-27T04:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:10060\/?p=61"},"modified":"2021-05-05T02:58:50","modified_gmt":"2021-05-05T02:58:50","slug":"heaven-is-a-playground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/localhost:10060\/heaven-is-a-playground\/","title":{"rendered":"Heaven is a Playground"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Pop culture is replete with characterizations of Christians as being sour, dull, and way too serious about life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a Christian, it\u2019s easy to dismiss&nbsp;these characterizations as being unfair. But, that lets us off the hook too easily. And, well, it\u2019s just a sour, dull and way too serious answer to the often hilarious characterizations of us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Who but the Christian should be most free to laugh at herself? And who but the Christian has a better reason to laugh?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>G.K. Chesterton&nbsp;once wrote:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Earth is a task garden; heaven is a playground. To be at last in such a secure innocence that one can juggle with the universe and the stars, to be so good that can treat everything as a joke\u2014that may be, perhaps, the real end and final holiday of human souls.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>I imagine heaven a place where joy overflows the heart in a giggly exhilaration. Yes, giggles\u2014sweet, rapturous giggles like those that a child lets loose when he is tickled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This will be the joy, the sense, the wonder of heaven\u2019s song. Sin\u2019s weight will be gone. And we, dear believer, free to play the play of plays without the burden of fear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And so, Christian, why not laugh and play a little now?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unless, of course, you take yourself to be more holy here than you will find heaven itself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pop culture is replete with characterizations of Christians as being sour, dull, and way too serious about life. As a Christian, it\u2019s easy to dismiss&nbsp;these characterizations as being unfair. But, that lets us off the hook too easily. 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