About the road to heaven or hell...

Matthew 16:24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. (NIV)

Every second we make choices. Every second we make a choice between God or Satan. Too often we do not realize we make choices. Too often we live in ignorance about our choices. However, we do make a choice every second between God or Satan.

If we want to find the road to heaven we must look at emptying out ourselves. We must always walk the road where we are never to be selfish. We must remember we are always under attack by Satan because Satan tries to make us selfish. For this reason, whatever pain or misery we might be in at any moment must be taken to God. Whatever worries we have must be taken to God. Whatever hopelessness we have must be taken to God. When we take our darkness to God, God is light and His light will surely blip away our darkness. The road to heaven begins when we reject ourselves and connect to God and others. The road to hell begins when we are puffed up in our ego and selfishness as we try to handle the darkness alone. We become the tool of the darkness when we believe we are all powerful and do not need God or we do not believe God loves us.