When my son was small, we saw Toy Story. Buzz Lightyear
shouted in excitement, hands to the sky, “To infinity and beyond!” It caused me
to pause. Someday infinity will open before me as I leave this earth, and step
into eternity. . . forever and ever. In the journey between here and there lies
one decision that will determine where each of us will spend our ultimate
forever.
This revelation brought with it a joyous challenge
to raise my children to love the Lord and share with as many people as possible
the essential truth of salvation through accepting Jesus Christ as Lord of
their lives. Eternity is a long time to spend in the agony and distress of
Hell.
I desire to share the message with receptive hearts
and for those not ready to hear, I pray they will see Jesus being lived out in
my life. As Christians, it is our heart’s desire to tell as many people as God
puts in our path the good news of a secured eternity with Him.
I recall a similar thought shortly after accepting Christ,
as we stood singing those beautiful words of Amazing Grace:
When
we’ve been there ten thousand years,
Bright
shining as the sun,
We’ve
no less days to sing God’s praise,
Than
when we’d first begun.”
What a joyful thought! This life of fleeting moments
of happiness, overshadowed with pain, sadness, and death, will come to an end
someday, opening to our bright eternal joy in Heaven.
Father,
I pray for opportunities to help others make that ONE right decision.
©2019 Bonnie Mae Evans
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