Snow and Sun, Heaven and Hell

While the east coast is experiencing record-breaking snowfalls, the likes of which I have never personally seen, Ghana has been experiencing its typical heat for this time of year. The highs where I came from and where I’m living now are both supposed to be in the upper 30s today; but that’s in Fahrenheit in the States, and Celsius here in northern Ghana – translating into temperatures that will soar into the 100s in this part of the world!

As I considered such extreme weather conditions on either end for the month of February, I couldn’t help but think of heaven, where the weather will be perfection! And as I thought about this wonderful heaven that’s awaiting us, and then looked around at so many beautiful people who are suffering in an inhospitable environment now, and will be damned to an eternity of suffering after death, my heart broke. Am I burdened every day with a passion to reach the lost around me and see them come to Jesus, that they too may spend an eternity with Him in that marvelous heaven of His?

Lord, don’t just let my heart break: may I be moved to action!