Death & Dying...

For some reason the thought of death has come up a lot recently.  I had not really noticed how much it was coming up until it was mentioned in my small group on monday.  Another one of the guys started to talk about how he had just been thinking a lot about what happens when we die, and we don't know when our time is coming to leave this earth.  That really got me thinking, am I really doing what Jesus has called me to do? Am I worthy of entering His kingdom when my time has come? Am I spreading the name of Jesus broader and deeper?

I think the thought of death for most people is a scary one, and to be honest I was terrified of death for 17 years of my life. Only within the last year or so have I really started to understand the whole idea He brought us into existance to glorify His name.  In the last month or so as I have been reading the word or having my quiet time I have come across Philippians 1:21 many times.  It says "For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain."  Of course I had heard this verse a thousand times before, but it's one of those ones I always just thought to myself "yeah cool, I've heard that a million times whats the big deal." But then monday afternoon after our mens small group discussion I came back to my dorm and opened that verse and really started to dwell on it's meaning.


As I started to dwell on this verse I started to understand the power of the word 'gain'.  This world sometimes seem so amazing and everything seems perfect, yet the life after this one is going to be a GAIN! We will leave behind everything and everyone still here on the earth and we will be seated in heavenly places. That got me to thinking if my time comes soon, will I have impacted one persons life? Will I have spread the name of Jesus Christ broader and deeper? Have I served wholeheartedly so that Jesus can be seen through me?  Have I loved and cared for those who aren't unloved and abandoned?


Live every breathe as it's your last, every smile as it's your last, every step as it's your last!
Be thankful! Be Blessed! Be loved!
You are sons and daughters of OUR KING!