A Trip to the Dentist

A fellow retired dentist made the following observation to me the other day. Life on earth continuing to life in heaven is like a trip to the dentist.

We get a shot of novocaine or something similar before the dentist works on our teeth. Why? Because we are gladly willing to endure thirty seconds of the needle against what seems like an eternity of drilling. By comparison, how much will seventy-five years of pain and suffering mean in the context of an eternity in God’s pain-free domain?

Our whole life on earth is like the thirty seconds of the needle. In my experience as a dentist, some people accept the needle without any grumbling, knowing the future benefits of it. While others say they can’t stand the needle or anything that follows in the dental chair.

In this time of economic pain, accept it like the dental needle knowing that, as a Christian child of God, He is preparing us, His children, for a heavenly eternal future without pain (Revelation 21:4).

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