About Life
The apostle John speaking of Jesus said,
"Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name,
he gave the right to become children of God—
children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will,
but born of God."
The poet wrote,
Where are the people?
Where?
Are they but shadows in the mall?
Are they?
Are they shadows in time?
Shadows wandering looking for the latest trinkets, bobbles and beads?
What is life?
What?
Is life but a wisp of smoke carried in the air?
A wisp in the eternal aether?
Are people wisps of smoke?
What of man's or woman's!
accomplishments?
What of them?
Is the sum total of all ones life simply a pile of shinny tin, brass, and wood?
Is that life?
Is life simply a cacophony of sounds travelling through endless time destined to end?
Is it?
Is life a finite opera?
An opera played out on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam?
Are we as Shakespeare said simply actors?
Does life end?
No!
No!
Life is real!
Played out before God.
In a world suspended between Heaven and Hell
We,
While mere mortals here.
Are really eternal beings.
Waiting to stand before God.
Are you ready to stand before God?
Are you?
What is the sum total of your life?
What?
Individuals lives in deeds,
What will your deeds say about you?
What will "they" say about you when you pass on?
What will God say?
The writer of Ecclesiastes writes,
"Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.
For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil." Ecclesiastes12:13,14
Jesus speaking of himself said,
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,
that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world,
but to save the world through him.
Whoever believes in him is not condemned,
but whoever does not believe stands condemned already
because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son”.
Please think about it.
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