Verses: Ecclesiastes 9:1-12
My thoughts about the
verses:
How many of you remember
the Golden Girls episode where they decide to freeze their heads if they
died. Rose who was facing surgery wanted
to be with the girls no matter what. So they
decided that they would all have their heads frozen if they were to die. Rose coming out of anesthesia and as she does
she thinks that she has woken up a hundred years after her death. In her drug induced state all four of them
have had their heads thawed. Yet only
Sophia who tipped the person that was freezing the heads has a new body. If you haven’t seen the episode or especially
this scene I would suggest it.
Haven’t we all at one
time or another wished that our loved ones would not pass away? We want this to be with us forever. Yet, no matter how good you are. No matter how bad you have been. No matter what you did in life. We all face the same end...Death.
Death comes in many
different ways. Some people live a long
healthy life and one day they just do not wake from their sleep. Others die tragically from the hands of
others. Other people die after long
illnesses. There are people who die when
they are old. There are people who die
as infants.
The hardest things about
all these situations are the people that are left behind. The person who died doesn’t have to live
through the loss and pain that loved ones feel because they have passed on. Yet, there is something that you will see
different by families who know their loved ones accepted Christ. They have an inner peace. It doesn’t mean that they don’t grieve. The difference is they know that if they too
have Christ that they will one day join their loved one.
Those that have Christ in
their life have the same peace. They are
ready at any time to go home. They spend
their time doing thing for others. They
are not worried about death. They face
their death in a different way.
Those that do not know
Christ do not have inner peace. Many
times they are totally obsessed with death.
In fact, they would love to have their head frozen so that they could
live forever. They have a harder time
when their loved ones die. They mourn
because they do not understand the peace that comes from being a
Christian.
The one thing that we
need to learn is that even though we die her on earth we can live
eternally. When we accept Jesus in our
life we receive salvation from all the transgressions that we ever did or will
do. We are promised that we will join
God in Heaven. We are promised a life of
joy. This life may not be here on
Earth. We are insured it will be in our
afterlife.
I do want to share that
this blog and scripture is something to be depressed about. It is actually a call to action. This is a call to accept Jesus so that you
can receive the gift of everlasting life.
We all are offered the gift yet only those that accept it will receive
it.
Prayer:
We praise you God. We thank you for the inner peace that you
freely give us. We ask that you help us
accept your gift of eternal life. We ask
that you move within our friends and family so that they will come to know you. In the name of the Risen Savior we pray. Amen
Questions:
Are you worried about
your death? Have you accepted God in
your life? Do you feel the inner peace
that comes from knowing Jesus as your Savior?
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