Death

Last night I found out that a girl I used to work with at Staples was killed in a car accident over the weekend. Little Sherri and I did our training together and used to hang out and joke around all the time. She was so much fun to be around and so full of vitality and life that its hard to even get my mind around the fact that she is gone. It truly was a tragedy and has made me stop and think about death. Death is not part of the natural order of things, it is something that has come upon us as a result of sin in this world, but it is nevertheless a very real thing and this accident reminds us once again that we really have no idea when we will go. She was on her way to work on minute and dead the next.

It truly is sobering to think about. What will happen to us when we die? I'm sure each and every one of us would like to think that we will go to heaven or some place like it, but Jesus tells us in John 3:16-20 that only those who believe in him will spend an eternity in heaven with him. I would like to encourage each and every one of you to think about that for a minute. There are a lot of things in life that are important but what are they compared to eternity? What do the 70 or 80 years that you'll spend on this earth mean compared to an infinite number of years spent in eternity? Take a few minutes today to think about the most important thing that you can think about; your eternal future. God sent his son Jesus Christ down to earth so that you and I could be saved from our sins and spend an eternity with Him in heaven. He also promises that if you believe in him you will be saved. What does that mean to you? Are you one of His? Take a minute to answer that question, it could be the most important question you ever ask yourself.

Dave Westy