Death

Death – it will come.  For some sooner than others but eventually it will come to all of us.  I used to say that “I’m not ready to die but I know where I’m going when I do”.  Wow!  I used to say that???  Well, not anymore.  I know the world will go on with or without me so I am ready to go today if the Lord is so willing.

The picture above was taken Easter Sunday of 2007.  Since that time two of our loved ones have passed on.  It is so comforting to know that both of them knew the Lord and one day we will see them again.  What if we knew we only had a week to live?  Would our priorities change?  Things that seemed so important would most likely lose their sense of urgency.  Would you spend your last week saying goodbye to all of your friends and loved ones, go on a trip around the world, get all your “things” in order?  Or would you spend your time making sure that the people you love know Jesus as their Savior?  What is more important than knowing that your children, husband, mom, dad, sister, brother, grandchildren and friends will be joining you in heaven?  What could possibly be more important than the salvation of the people you love?   

Jesus, the Son of God died for the sins of the world; I know this to be true.  Do you?  Do your loved ones?  Sharing your faith in Jesus could save someone you love from eternal separation from God.  Tell someone you love today about Jesus.

SCRIPTURES

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son so that who so ever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.  John 3:16

Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.  John 14:6

I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile.  Romans 1:16

But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain. 1 Corinthians 15:57-58