There is More to Life Than Death

Today I came across a blog called the Last Post. It was written by a man in Canada. His name was Derek and he had been blogging about his life and his cancer. He was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer and died as a result of the cancer. He shared about how he was dealing with the cancer as well as being very open about what he was going through. He wrote in the last post that he was not afraid of dying because when he died Derek would simply become a corpse and he would just cease to exist. When I read that, my heart broke because actually death is not the end but only the beginning of eternity.

From the time of Adam to now, people that have been born in this world will face one certain event. Death is something that comes to everybody. The question is how long is the dash between our date of birth and date of death. Some folks live a long life and die at a ripe old age. There are others that leave this earth quickly and do not walk in this world very long. I have known people that lived to be 95 years old and longer and I know some that only were here for 4 months. The only thing they share in common is they both went the way of all the earth and died. Lazarus even went through death a second time after Jesus raised him from the dead. The question that each of us faces is where will we spend our eternity. Osama Bin Laden went into eternity just as my friend Courtney did a couple of years ago. The difference is that Courtney went on to a heavenly reward while Osama left here without hope. Death is not simply just a ceasation of life. It is stepping into eternity either with or without Christ. I know that Christ heart breaks everytime someone leaves this earth without Him as their Lord. Those, like Derek, who think that life ceases and they just stop existing are deceived by Satan. Satan wants people to die without Christ so they will spend their eternity in hell. But Christ died for each person so we don't have to die without knowing Him and His love.

Have you given any thought about your life and where you would go if you were to cease to live? Do not think like Derek but realize that the time will come for each of us to go into eternity either through death or when Christ comes back for His own! I really hope to see you there! Today is the Day of Salvation!