Heavenly Discourse

This post over at Althouse turned into a little dialogue about heaven. In the comments, Althouse asked me:

Why does God assume everyone will love Heaven? What if you get there and find it's not to your particular taste? From the descriptions I've heard, it's boring -- even in normal human life span terms. How can it be suitable for eternity? If the answer is that God will reshape our minds and force us to love it, isn't that a rejection of our humanity?

And I replied:

Remember the other day when you wrote about an old dream where you discovered all creation followed 5 specific forms and you woke up happy that you knew something eternal and profound? And then you forgot what you dreamed? The waking happy was heaven-esque...complete knowledge of Truth and Beauty.

I trust what scripture says that "eye has not seen, ear has not heard what God has ready for those who love Him." A God who took the time to create about 40 thousand kinds of beetles is a God who is into details [think your flower pictures and the task of painting it which would take days and diligence, focus and talent]. The greatest creature, we are told, is humanity. There is not a part about you that is not known completely by God. Your tastes? He delights in them! The things you find funny? He laughs with them! The sorrows you bear? He knows them, and by knowing them, shares them, and will, upon request, lighten them or grant strength to endure them. This God of great detail wastes nothing. Why, then, does the average human being use only 10% of brain capacity? I believe that other 90-odd percent, give or take, is for the eternal journey we're about to have. Haven't you thought 'when I get to Heaven, I want to know x...'? I want to meet my ancestors. I want to have cappucino with St. Anthony. I want to talk with the Blessed Mother. In eternity, there's time to do it all. And if I arrive there and God hands me a toilet brush, so be it! I'd rather serve in Heaven than reign in hell. For anyone who loves this life, you already have a window of what will accompany you to the other side...love.

She posts so often that some of the good stuff from days past gets buried by today's good stuff.