SINGING SONGS IN HEAVEN
When you go to heaven, you will be asked to sing a song. If you can sing, they let you in. If you can't sing, they will not let you in.
So there arrived three men in the gates of heaven, one is a choirboy, one is a soldier, and one is a heavy metal rocker.
The choirboy told the others, "I'm sure to get in because I've been singing in the choir all my life."
The soldier said to the others, "I am not a singer. I do not know how to sing. The only time I heard myself singing was in boot camp when we had to sing all those little ditties while marching around the camp."
The heavy metal rocker told the others, "I'm a professional rocker. They paid our band a lot of money to sing in concerts. And I'm also the lead singer. So there."
Then St. Peter pulled out the curtain of clouds, stood behind the podium and said to everyone, "Well, everybody, welcome to our program. Today we are going to hear from three contestants who wants to enter heaven."
St. Peter asked the choir boy first to sing.
The choirboy sang,
"Glooooooooooooooooria in Excelsis Deo ...."
St. Peter was pleased. Then St. Peter asked the soldier to sing.
The soldier sang,
"Born soldier. Combat soldier. Pick up your weapon and follow me. Follow me to history ...."
After the soldier sang, there was whispering in the audience. One audience whispered to the other, "That is not exactly what St. Peter is looking for."
Then St. Peter asked the heavy metal rocker to sing.
"I'm a rolling thunder ... Hell's Bells!"
After the heavy metal rocker sang, the same audience whispered to the other, "AC/DC is not exactly what St. Peter is looking for either. But he sure can carry a tune."
After some serious consideration with his fellow saints, St. Peter announced, "I am pleased to announce that all three of you will enter heaven. The choirboy, the soldier, and the heavy metal rocker, all of you, sang your own song from the heart. And that is all that counts. Welcome to heaven!"
♪ Now when the saints go marching in, ♫
John Sindayen
