In January 2006, a mine explosion in West Virginia took 12 of the 13 miners lives that were threatened by the crisis underground.
Tragically all but one miner died , there was alot of anger , "blame -game" reactions to this cruel twist of circumstance .
At one of the funerals the Reverend asked the hurting to look at this situation differently, from another perspective that was hidden in the mourners' grief. That being , some of the miners had written notes to their families in what would be the last hours of their lives. Some of these notes spoke unashamedly of love , eternal life & hope of the men who wrote them. The minister asked the congregation what would they write in a farewell message if they realised that they had only hours to live.
Good question .....don't you think ! How would my notes read ? What might you consider to be non-negotiable content in your last words?
James 4 :14 says :''You do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away".
Life is so SHORT , ETERNITY is so LONG !
Please at the start of a new year , do not waste God's gift to you (your life), use your life exclusively for the Glory Of God .
Do as Romans 12 : 1-2 calls us to : "I beseech you therefore, by the mercies of God , that you present your bodies as living sacrifices , holy and pleasing to God, which is your reasonable act of spiritual worship."
Blessings to you all !!!!
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