The First Thing I’ll Ask God When I Get to Heaven

A Heretic’s Heartfelt Questions for God

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Hey God,

I can’t believe that I actually made it to Heaven, especially since I had kind of given up on the idea. Heck, who am I kidding? I became a total heretic to my past self.

But, I suppose I never became a heretic to you.

Thanks for being spacious and gracious enough to accommodate my doubts and my questions. Speaking of questions, though… Since we have all of eternity together here, I’m wondering whether you can spare a few minutes to answer a question or thirty?

Yeah, I know… I’m a curious sort, but you made me that way.

Would you mind?

Very kind.

Much obliged.

Here goes, God:

Did my prayers make any difference?

I must have spent hundreds of hours of my life in prayer. God, I want to know if you heard me and what changed because I prayed. I want to know what — if anything — shifted in the spiritual world just because I asked. I was once told that prayer is our stake in running the universe — that it was possible to change your mind with our petitions. Is that true?

Why did you create…