Infinite Impact by Stu Weber

Dear all,

In my last post I emphasized the importance of reading. The last book I read (which I just finished) really touched me spiritually so I wanted to share it with you. This post might make me sound too spiritual but I am just a normal woman who likes the best things in life and although I am Christian I do not go to church. I stopped going when I was 16 as I felt it didn't add any extra meaning to my life. Not going to church didn't however make me feel any less Christian or any less close to God. I like to believe that God exists because when you can't control things it's easier to feel that someone bigger than you exists who can actually control things for you. In saying this I don't want to sound like I believe in God for egoistic reasons. In fact I do feel a connection with him. However, I also believe in science and it is at times quiet difficult to believe in both God and science because one might be excluding the other at least for some. For example, if I think about human beings origin  that is our creation, my mind gives me two replies - the big bang and God creation of the universe and then Adam and Eva. It is much easier to me to believe that humans come from chimpanzees and that the universe started through an inexpressible explosion. However, it is also much easier to believe that after our death there will still be a purpose for each one of us. It is sad to think that after living for a certain number of year we will no longer exist. However, the way my religion explains life after death it is not at all easy to understand.

 These reflections I am making were inspired by the book "Infinite Impact" by Stu Weber. The author tells his readers to: "Make your life count for eternity. What you do and say in your unique moment on timeline of history matters. Discover today the unique role you have. Determine today to use your life to make an impact." The last chapter is about life after death and about heaven. The author gives a vision of heaven which I never heard of. He states that heaven won't be a completely new location to us but will be the same earth we have lived on but just an improved version of it. It  is easier to believe that when we die we will be here on earth but this earth will stop being cruel, and sad, and egoist, and sorry. However, if I think about it I ask myself the following questions. What about all the people who have already died? Where are they? Are they waiting for the earth they have lived in to transform itself in heaven? Will they come back once this transformation has occurred? How many years have to pass before we will all die and start living in heaven (not that I want to die)? And what about our bodies? Why when people die their bodies stop and remain on the ground and their souls are said to continue living? Is this all actually true? And can we actually live without our body? How can this be possible? Is our soul enough to make us live happily and in peace in the so called heaven?

I hope you didn't mind this post. And although I understand that it might look and sound confusing I think everyone has some similar questions which may however remain unanswered.

AlessiaPearl