Eternity

My hubby and I are in a small group of friends studying Dr. David Jeremiah’s “Angels” book.    If you have never done this study I strongly recommend reading this.  As we listened to his cd, and read God’s word, we learned that “Angels carried Lazarus to Abraham’s side. (Luke 16:22) Where? In eternity with God.  

Eternity...have you ever thought of what that means?  Time without end, infinite time, forever.  Many times I think about eternity and even more so when a person dies, and always during holy week.  Life on this earth has an ending date, and I don’t know when that will be for me, but I do know what the Bible says about eternity.

Ecclesiastes 3:11 – 14 “I have seen the burden God has laid on the human race.  He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.  I know that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to do good while they live.  That each of them may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all their toil—this is the gift of God.  I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it.”

Knowing this, what wonder!  God set eternity in the human heart!  For believers, we have a spiritual thirst to be with Him eternally.  God wants us to enjoy life, but this is only a stopping point on our journey.  Heaven (or hell) is eternity.  It’s scary for many to think about death and where we will end up after we die.  But we also have a choice to make; accept the gift of salvation or reject it.  Really we are choosing our future journey…Heaven or Hell.  It is eternal one way or the other. 

As holy week approaches, I am reminded of the greatest sacrifice my heavenly father has done for me…He gave his one and only son, Jesus Christ, as a sacrifice for me.  He gave his life so that I may one day live with Him in eternity!   (John 3:16)

I am eternally grateful and thankful that I accepted God’s greatest gift and will one day live with Him in eternity.  I hope and pray you make a choice to live with him too!

Blessings!

Joani