A Peaceful Place

I was testing the children in my 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 yard, and kept everything neat and tidy, would that get me into heaven?

Again, the answer was, no! By now I was starting to smile. "Well then, if I were kind to animals and gave candy 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. "Well", I continued, "then how can I get into heaven?"

A five year old boy shouted out

"YOU GOTTA BE DEAD."

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