Eternity

There has been a lot of talk of eternity in my family lately. My health is challenging now to say the least, my aunt’s heart attack and my cousin’s death are situations that point toward eternity. My aunt cried a lot during my visit last week. I was not doing well and probably should not have made the trip. I think I worried her about how I am doing more than I helped her by being there for a few days. She is sad. My cousin was sick for many years but he was still her son. She did everything that she could throughout the last many years to help him. He refused to accept help and to accept responsibility for his behavior. His brother commented in the past couple of weeks that he is not sure of where his brother will spend eternity. That was a sad statement for me to hear and to think about. I know that God is clear that we must have a relationship with His Son, Jesus Christ, to be certain of our eternity. I am not sure of my cousin’s relationship with Christ although we talked about it several times. He was hostile, made rude comments and dismissed what was said to him. I feel sad that perhaps I didn’t say enough. I wonder if his brother feels the same way.

I am grateful that I do not have to worry about where I am going to spend eternity. I doubt myself in many areas but I never doubt my relationship with Christ, that He loves me, He forgives me and that I will spend eternity with Him. If you are reading this and you don’t know Jesus Christ all you have to do is acknowledge that you need Him, that you have sinned and need forgiveness of those sins and want Him to be Lord of your life. Let’s spend eternity together. "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life." John 5:24