Forever.

Monday, May 16, 2011
Forever. We often use the word “forever” lightly. How many times have we said, “Traffic is awful – it’ll take me FOREVER to get there.” “Oh man, I stood in line and waited FOREVER for my food.” “It seemed like FOREVER for her to get here.” Have you ever stopped for a moment to consider how long forever is?
Every day that we wake up we are one day older. As you add enough of those days together, you get months. Add together enough of those months and you get years. Add together enough of those years and you get decades. Add together enough of those decades and you get…well…old!
With time our hair turns to gray (or turns loose!). As time marches on our skin becomes wrinkly and our eyes obtain bags. The muscles we are so proud of when we’re young slowly begin to droop and sag as we grow more aged. And often with the deterioration of the body also comes a slipping of the mind. It becomes harder to remember things that used to be so natural to not forget. We just don’t live, in this form, forever.
But there’s a place called eternity where forever is the rule. Once you breathe your last breath here, your first is in that time where there is no time at all. Your hair will never turn, and your skin will never wrinkle. You’ll never become older, because eternity has no age. Your mind will never slip away from you, and your body will never fade away either. But there’s a catch.
There are two options as it relates to eternity: eternal joy and happiness and eternal torment. The Bible tells us much about both, though it says so much more about the latter. Heaven is a place infinitely more amazing than our human minds could ever comprehend. It makes our absolute best day on earth seem but nothing. It’s a place of forever smiles, forever joy, forever happiness, and forever love. It’s amazing just to ponder.
To the same degree, hell is a place of unimaginable torment. Take your absolute worst day on earth and that will be a dream in hell. Scripture says it’s a place where the fire is “unquenchable.” You’ll not be with your friends there, for it’s a place of “eternal separation from both God and man.” Death will never come to relieve you of your horrible existence. It’s forever, remember?
So today, would you take a moment and consider this idea of “forever?” Think about where you’ll spend it if you enter it at this very moment. If you’re prepared through a relationship with Jesus Christ, consider how many people you’ll have contact with today that aren’t. And if you aren’t ready, would you take the next moment of your right now and get prepared? Ask Jesus to forgive your sin and be your Savior and Lord. He’ll gladly oblige, He never says no to that prayer.
Forever is a long time to live in regret. Are you ready?



That’s just a thought, and I welcome yours.
Until next time,
blake

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