Here Today, Gone Tomorrow

Recently, a family in my church lost a loved one in a car accident. On December 29, 2012, 16 year old Kacie Chamberlain went to be with her Lord and Savior when the car she was riding in was involved in a car crash that killed her and her boyfriend. Even though I did not personally know her, I found myself grieving for this family. It got me thinking about LIFE and just how precious it really is. Most importantly, it got me thinking about my personal relationship with Jesus Christ. I think that sometimes we take LIFE itself for granted. Often we find ourselves going about our daily business and never really stopping to count our many blessings that God bestows on us daily.

Each and every day we should wake up and take time to thank God for everything that He has done for us. Just the fact that He woke you up should be a blessing in itself. (Even on Mondays, which so many people seem to dread.) I see post on Facebook all the time and hear people in conversation talk about how they "hate" Mondays, but the way I see it, Mondays are just another day that we should be thankful for. Even if they are the start of another work week for most of us. God created Mondays, therefore, we should thank Him and praise Him anyway. There will come a day when your Monday won't come, so praise Him and thank Him for every day that He has Given you (even on Mondays) !!!

This tradegy brought something even more important to my mind, which inspired this blog. We are here today, but we could be gone tomorrow. As cliche as that sounds, it's so true. We are not guaranteed another day here on this earth. We should live each and every day as if it's our last! In the blink of an eye, your life here on this earth could come to an end without warning. Your life here on earth will eventually expire and come to an end.

When your last day does come, do you know where you will spend eternity? The Bible promises and reassures us that there is LIFE after death. Heaven or Hell. Christians who have a personal relationship with their Maker will one day spend eternity at His feet and will walk those streets of gold. Those people who denounced Him and did not know Him here on this earth will be doomed to the "lake of fire" where they will spend eternity burning in Hell. Where are you headed?

One day we will all meet our Creator. Will He know you when that time comes? Or will He say, "Depart from me for I never knew you?" I long to hear Him say to me, "Well done thy good and faithful servant." I long to spend eternity with Him. And I long to spend the rest of my life here on Earth having a personal relationship with my Lord and Savior. One day our day will come when we face Him.

Life is to precious to waste living in the world when we need to be living in Him and taking in every blessing He has in store for us.

I encourage you to seriously think about your eternity and where you will be spending it, knowing that tomorrow on this earth might never come.

If you do not have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, it's easy as ABC.

A-Accept Him into your heart by praying a simple prayer inviting Jesus into you life and asking Him to be the Lord of your life.
B-Believe in Him and in His Word
C-Confess your faults and sins to Him (and only Him) and asking for his forgiveness and accept His grace in your life

After you do those 3 simple steps, you are a brand new creation in Him.

"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!"

2 Corinthians 5:17

Get your yourself in a Bible based church, start studying the Word, and praying while letting God lead you along the way. I promise you that your life will never be the same.

Live each day as if it's your last one here on Earth, knowing that when your time comes, you are ready to be welcomed into the Arms of Jesus!!!!

Dear Lord, Thank-you! When I get bogged down with life, help me to remember what I have and to count my blessings. You are worthy of all praise and without You, I am nothing. Amen.