I was listening to a song a few weeks ago which had some
lyrics which really stood out to me:
‘If you die tonight, where would you be? Where would your
soul spend eternity?’
Wow.
A pretty big question as far as I can see.
I really had to think about this. If I was to die, am I
living in a way that would make me certain I'm going to spend eternity with
God? At the time, to be perfectly honest, I really wasn't sure if I was. I was
in a rubbish place and I wasn't really taking any notice of God.
This felt like a bit of a kick up the bum. The blunt truth
is I could die at any time, so why am I living in a way that makes me question
the way I’ll spend eternity? And anyway, the commandments he gives us and they
way of living he shows us is for our own good. It’s the best way to live. I
want to be able to live like that. I'm trying to live like that. It’s really
not easy, I'm so far from perfect because I'm unfinished and God’s still
working on me. But there’s no point in doing things that are no good for me in
the long run that will leave me with an eternity of suffering...
One thing I'm thinking about at the moment is how do I work
on this? How do I get to the point where I stop making the same mistakes? How
do I start to live the way I'm supposed to and want to? It’s really not
easy...being a Christian isn't easy...but then again it’s not supposed to be!
It’s meant to be a challenge!
I want to find things that can act as constant reminders to
me of my faith. I recently stuck a metal fish shape on my car so that I think
about how I drive as people around me will know I'm a Christian. If I drive
badly, people will think badly about Christians. I would love to get a cross
necklace or something that can remind me of how I should be living. I used to
write bible verses on my mirror so that every time I looked in it, there was a
reminder of God. I'm trying to change the people I spend time with and the
music I listen to and the TV I watch. I’d love to say I'm doing really well at
all these things, but I'm not. I need God’s help, but I will get there.
There are so many
other things I could try to do. I need to start doing these things. I need to
start living differently. I need to make sure I'm confident of where I’ll spend
eternity, and I hope that this post will get you thinking about the same thing.
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