An Open Letter To God

Dear God, People say that heaven will be boring, that those who make life interesting will not be there anyway. There seem to be this apprehension that you remove our interests and desires, and give us a rather singular pastime of singing for eternity. What really does heaven consist of? Do the saints actually do nothing but sing hallelujah all day? Do you really remove any of our interests? For instance, in my love for music; would you only preserve the gospel music? Would the love of Baba Ara deter me of the truth of Alhaji Agba and would Midnight crew or Infinity rob me off the inspiration in 2face and 9ice? Or would you rather purify them than have me throw them in the bin? Do you really loathe politics, would you rather step up the conservatives and slow down the liberals; or would you really want to do away with them altogether? Would my being ACN or PDP be halted by heaven, even if I keep them detribalized and make them have the unity and progress of the country at heart? Wouldn't you rather support a party with passion for truth, unity, peace& freedom rather than encourage the ‘siddon looks'? Did you really mean me to leave my family in contempt by your command to 'hate father, mother etc'? Shouldn’t my family be my source and theatre for love and progress, and that charity begins at home, even in heaven? People also say You are in no way interested in sport, and once in heaven my support for Chelsea ceases, wouldn’t You rather keep my passion for the Blues, as long as I keep a greater passion for fair play, respect, the fact that it is more honorable to participate than to win, and the inspiration, joy & unity that comes through sports? Some say there should not be religion as long as we are passionate about humanity. Others say as long as we worship the same God, one faith is as good as the other. In Christian circles they say as long as denomination has one common Denominator: Christ, nothing else matters. Its easy to go by this relativistic theorem, it is the easiest way out of the many religious troubles of this world, more so when I’ve seen that no class or creed can ‘box you’, and that your choice goes beyond any particular religion or denomination. But didn't you call a people, didn't you form a church, are you really interested in killing identity? And talking about love, do you really hate 'poppy love’? And of money, do you really loathe business and would rather have us flee into desert than indulge in these vanities? Aren't you also a God of Eros, even vanity that they be? Wouldn't you rather have us journey through them than have our humanity crippled? If you are these it’ll all be fun to be with you since you reduce nothing of our humanity but rather deepen them and would no way kill our identity. If we know these, would Valentine eclipse Easter, or would Halloween overshadow All Saints? Permit me to say people fear you, they dont love you! Isn't heaven about work, but a work with assurance of success without the friction of time and space, wouldn't that be fun? And isn’t your body and blood the eternal life, consummate pleasure and perfect happiness that we crave for? Doesn't it make a fool of crack; make messes of puff, show the silliness of booze and make us blush of sex? Welcome to Heaven!