Again he said, 'What shall we say the kingdom of God is like?'
Mark 4:30-32
When our YAC class started rattling off words, thoughts, and ideas about the kingdom of God, the following were the first to be blurted out: "Mystery, Flowers, Butterflies, Gold Streets, Bright Light, Pearly Gates, Beauty not able to be grasped by our earthly minds, Angels, Happiness, Welcoming, Family, Friends, Vast, Bigger than you can imagine ..." As the thoughts were bouncing around our classroom, we eventually came to two words we thought best described the kingdom of God – INFINITE and INDIVIDUAL.
We found that as we each tried to think of places we have been that make us think of heaven everyone had their own location. One student talked about the feeling when you are the only person on the beach with the ocean stretching out before you – the beauty and peace are overwhelming. Another student felt the same sense of greatness in a shaded forest setting, and still another saw the kingdom of God looking at farm land. Everyone agreed that in the kingdom of God we would find what means heaven to each of us individually. All agreed that the sense of infinity you feel staring at the endless ocean, forest, or planted fields provides a small glimpse of what we can imagine.
Cheryl Dorr and the YAC class (Grade 12)
