Last week was full of surprises. Not good ones either. First, I received a call from my nephew that they'd taken my brother to the hospital by ambulance as he had taken a turn for the worse in his battle with coronavirus. Days later, a best friend of my wife's called to say she had been diagnosed with cancer. Not good.
One week later there is good and bad to report. My brother bounced back from his issues. Most likely he was dehydrated from taking prednisone. Doctors put him on antibiotics and gave him a couple days of oxygen. That seemed to stem the tide. He's doing fine now. About ready to poke his head out in public...somewhat. Joanne's friend had some tests ran early this week and it looks like stage 4 cancer. The calls between the two of them have been many. As you might expect, when one hears cancer, fear sets in. Stage 4 doesn't help. Certainly you have to think that time is nearing. Heck, as sick as my brother was, that thought was running through many in our family.
So given situations like these....what would you do? After the initial shock, how would you live out the rest of your life? Just to remind you....not everyone gets to plan. Some times you are gone in an instant. Let's say though, you do have an opportunity to live things out. Would you take a trip to some place you always wanted to go? Buy some expensive toy, something you never thought you'd be able to own in a million years. Or would you set out to see where family and friends are in their walk with God. Just to make sure they know where they're going. After all, you want them with you don't you?
Or would you look to be a seed planter? Would you see yourself in a great situation to be able to tell people about God and how important he is to their own salvation. Our would you crawl up on the couch on let time run its course. There are a plethora of things you could do. These are just a few that came to my mind.
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Now, let's put a different spin on things. If you look around you, it's obvious that prophecy is playing itself out. Minute by minute. We are closer now than ever before of Jesus returning to this earth. So, are we on borrowed time, so to speak. Aaaaah, yes. And it that's the case, shouldn't we look at it the same as one would if they knew their life was coming to an end? Again, I say yes.
Perhaps this will put into perspective:
"And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity because of the roaring of sea and the waves, people fainting with fear and with foreboding of wht is coming on the world. For the powers of the heavens will be shaken. And then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. Now when these things begin to take place, straighten up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near".-Luke 21:25-28
YGG,
John
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