Changing Neighborhoods and Recreation

A while ago a few of us were talking about the Recreation and (what I like to call) Super heaven. One of my friends said she doesn't want to see the world destroyed and a new world made because she loves dolphins and she doesn't know if there are dolphins in Super Heaven.
I was a bit flabbergasted. You want to stay in this broken, fallen world so that dolphins -that you never see because we live in Kentucky where there are no oceans- don't get wiped out? So I came up with this analogy.

Imagine you live in an old, decrepit, falling down, moldy, vermin infested house. This house has a loud freeway in its back yard. Beyond the freeway is a pig farm that smells atrocious. It isn't safe to go out and hang out on your front porch because there is so much violence that you might get gunned down by a drive by shooting. The neighbors are the kind of people that keep walking when you're getting mugged and who steal your newspaper. The only redeeming quality is a beautiful rose bush in your neighbor's front yard. You love seeing that rose bush when you walk outside.

Then one day you get a call. Your Great Aunt Mildred has decided to invite you to live with her in a beautiful mansion on a lake in California, right off of wine country. The view is spectacular. The neighborhood is so safe you don't have to lock your doors. In fact neighbors invite you to use their pool, their boat or drink their wine even if they aren't home. Aunt Mildred goes on and on about how much you're going to love living there because the air is so crisp and clean and the people are so friendly and helpful. No one ever gets sick or hurt. She is giving you this opportunity free so long as you hang out with her, you won't have to worry about paying taxes or working hard. She just wants someone to enjoy life with. There are no other strings attached.

You tell her maybe because you don't know if Aunt Mildred or her neighbors have rose bushes so you aren't sure you want to move. Seriously?

I don't know what Super Heaven is going to be like but I'm sure in Super Heaven if we love dolphins that much, He can recreate some dolphins to live there too. If not, I'm sure there will be some animal just as cool that we can admire. Heck maybe we'll get really lucky and God will make Super Heaven like Narnia and we can talk to the animals. That would be pretty sweet.