Yesterday on my facebook page I posted a short five or six minute video of a man who was in the hospital dieing. He was on a ventilator and he wrote a note that said something to the effect of "the doctors have given me one to two days to live but I'm not afraid, I'm going home." The man who was making the video (his pastor, I think) showed this mans bible which was full of underscores, highlights, circled passages and notes. The dieing man looked to be extremely happy. He wasn't down at all, but pumped up. He reminded me of somebody who had just made it to the front of the line to be next on a roller coaster. That man did die; the very next day....
I don't have any doubt that he is with our Lord in the kingdom of heaven right now. What we, as Christians, need to do is be that excited about living. I don't mean that we need to take everything that life has to give but that we have to give everything that we can. The way to life is to die to our self and live for Christ. If we can truly do this we will be just like that man was when we are on our death beds. Not somber and afraid but excited and ready to ride that roller coaster.
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