And then we die. No more scrambling for that next rung on the ladder, no more scraping together a down payment for some new boat. When it’s time to go, folks are going to be hard put to let go and just walk (or float) away. Some think we will be able to look at the body in which our spirit dwelt, and for many, the first time to understand that it was only a temporary hangout after all. Then we will finally come to grips with that concept we so studiously avoided for all of our lives – that we shall meet our Creator.

Whatever lifestyle we have chosen will greatly affect our future existence from that point forward into eternity. Eternity, another concept we have studiously avoided while chasing after the distractions this life kept before us. Spending one’s whole allotted time clawing up that ladder to nowhere takes a lot of time and energy, certainly leaving no time for such mundane pursuits as spiritual growth, nor for a need to consider that there just might be a Creator Who has final and ultimate authority to decide where we spend our hereafter, for such a consideration is taboo in today’s world of decadence.

The greatest Friend humanity has ever had, Jesus Christ, came to this earth to among other things, help us to understand some crucially important aspects of life. He came to provide us a way to overcome the world, and to shine a light on that path so that just in case we became able to admit to ourselves that we don’t understand everything, we could follow after Him. He paid a terrible price to give us the opportunity to come to God the father. Don’t let that sacrifice go to waste.

May the blessings of the Almighty Father find and keep us.

MK