I cannot help noticing the excitement about summer and the beach here in the north of New Zealand.

“Life is better at the beach,” says a big placard you can hang on the wall in one shop. I think it is made of wood and I know that it is very expensive, because I asked.

At the beach in Ahipara

“Chasing Summer” and “Your new season style” I am reading inside a shop on the other side of the road.

In a third shop here in Kaitaia I find more of the same. “Life is better at the beach,” I am reading again on a smaller board. I don’t know what it is made of. “Beach House Please take off your shoes,” is another one. The next placard says, “Summer is all I want.” And here is the last one: “A good day at the beach ends with sandy toes and a sunkissed nose.”

There is so much to hang on the walls.

But is it not sad that we do not notice much excitement about heaven, even among true followers of the Lord Jesus Christ? Life, eternal life in heaven, cannot even be compared with life here on earth. If you are born again, think about it.