Simply put

I just started a new audio book, The Lovely Bones, which is about a teenage girl who is murdered. She spends her time in heaven watching her family and
friends cope with her death and seeking vengeance of her murderer. At this point of the book, she watches the other dead in heaven enjoying "their" heaven and wonders why she feels lost and lonely and asks her heaven counselor why this is so. Her heaven counselor replies with, "Simply put: You have to give up on earth to be free."

I find this quote to be remarkably profound particularly since I'm assuming that the author is a nonbeliever. "To be free" is something I believe that every soul longs for whether or not they understand what exactly that entails - freedom from the bondage of sin. The Bible promises that giving up our worldly desires will allow us to truly enjoy the grace and peace of God.
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