Heaven and hell are real. Anyone who has ever been married is aware of that because in marriage one experiences a little bit of both. On the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary, Billy and Ruth Graham were interviewed from their home in Montreat, North Carolina. The interviewer was Joan Lunden of the television show Good Morning, America. Ms. Lunden asked Mrs. Graham: "In all your 50 years together, did you ever even once consider divorce?" Mrs. Graham replied: "Divorce, no; murder, yes."

In most marriages, professions, military stints, academic pilgrimages, even hobbies and friendships, there are touches of heaven and glimpses of hell. Our vernacular supports that thesis. "That tastes heavenly." "He just irritates the hell out of me." "You look divine." "She sure has a devilish gri…