God boring?

I once read about an atheist apologist who didn't want to go to heaven. He didn't want to go there because he considered that praising God for eternity would be the most boring thing he could possibly think to do.

God boring? Never!

Morning has broken.

I don't know what dark cavern he had been living in, but it occurred to me that he must have missed out on ever watching the sky in the still of the morning as the sun quietly arose, or as it dramatically set in the cool of the evening.

Somehow he had never experienced the breathtaking wonder and awe of a thunderstorm, or listened to the surf when the sea was churning and the breaking waves struck the rocks upon the shore.

He must have never watched a newborn baby sleep or enjoyed the sweet scent of a fragrant flower in bloom. Perhaps he had never enjoyed the taste of a deliciously ripe orange so full of juice that it dripped down his chin.

He never considered the complexity involved in photosynthesis, the process by which all of life on earth is sustained (follow this link for a YouTube video that will impress you with God as the master-builder). He must have missed the memo that, with all of our "vast" scientific knowledge, we have barely begun to decipher just one level of DNA coding.

And what about the far-flung universe? Those lovely lights in the night sky aren't just stars, they are galaxies--an estimated 100,000,000,000 galaxies each containing 100,000,000,000 stars!

The wondrous Andromeda Galaxy

It occurs to me that God is anything but boring! I consider Him to be the most vibrant, creative, loving, interesting Person I could ever conceive of knowing! I don't think I'll ever run out of reasons to praise Him, not for an eternity!

He failed to grasp the basic truth that everything we enjoy, every mercy that covers us, every drop of rain or ray of sunshine, comes from God. We are not apart from God, but we are a part of Him--Acts 17:8, "In Him we live, and move, and have our being". This atheist did not realize that God causes the rain to fall on the just and unjust alike (Matthew 5:45)--He is not a respecter of persons--it is because of His mercy that we are not consumed.

"It is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed,
because His compassions fail not.

They are new every morning: great is your faithfulness."
(Lamentations 3:22-23)

I am sad to report that this dear man is no longer among us--he has already met his eternal "reward". I hope that he repented and accepted the free gift of God through his son, Jesus, before he passed (even the thief on the cross was forgiven by Jesus).

"And Jesus said to him, Truly I say to you, today shall you be with me in paradise." (Luke 23:43)

If not, he will definitely not be forced to praise God, but he will also have to miss out on all of His benefits--without any comfort, no enjoyment, no communication, cut off from everyone and everything,...forever.

"And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment: And he said to him, Friend, how came you in here not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness, there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. For many are called, but few are chosen." (Matthew 22:11-14)

Why not try believing?