WOULDN'T IT BE NICE?

As the old Beach Boy's song says, "WOULDN'T IT BE NICE?" Wouldn't it be nice if every day was sunny and only cooling breezes blew? Wouldn't it be nice if we had everything we wanted and never had to want again? Wouldn't it be nice if we were all wonderfully beautiful with perfect faces and desirable bodies and perfect personalities? Wouldn't it be nice if there were never any disappointments, no let-downs, no betrayals or misunderstandings; if everybody always did what was right at the right time and never lied and were totally honest? Wouldn't it be nice if, as the old saying goes "everyday would be Christmas all-year long?" WOULDN'T IT BE NICE?
NO! It would be boring and bland and we would soon forget our need for Father God. Adam and Eve had the perfect Father; the perfect environment, no work, only pleasure; they were beautiful in the perfect beautiful world and then that little gift from God; free-will got in the way. They didn't realize the garden they had been given until they had been cast from it. As they say, "You never know what you have until you lose it!" It's so true. They had the perfect environment and perfect situation for perfect communion with God and they didn't take advantage of it, and neither would we.
Life is messy, but it is in the messiness that we understand our need for something greater than ourselves. In our weakness He is made strong. It is our trials through which we strive and learn. What more can a man desire if has everything?
Doesn't loving one another in spite of our imperfections prove something of a deeper love? Isn't unconditional love the character of God? Heaven will be perfect, but we live there eternally will also be perfected. Heaven is the place for perfection; here on earth, we need God and we need one another and we come closest to both as we pass through the valleys and the storms. Amen!