Our Greatest Longing is Ours...

"... Now suppose both death and hell were utterly defeated. Suppose the fight was fixed. Suppose God took you on a crystal ball trip into your future and you saw with indubitable certainty that despite everything - your sin, your smallness, your stupidity - you could have free for the asking your whole crazy heart's deepest desire: heaven, eternal joy.. Would you not return fearless and singing? What can earth do to you if you were guaranteed heaven?  To fear the worst earthly loss would be like a millionaire fearing the loss of a penny - less, a scratch on a penny." 

  - Peter Kreeft, "Heaven: The Heart's Deepest Longing 

     (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1989) pg. 183