Just as the womb is not a permanent residence, but simply a few months preparation for life on this planet. Even so life on this planet is not a permanent residence, but simply a short time of preparation for all of eternity. And then it is either eternal joy in the presence of God or eternal sorrow separated from God.
There is a tombstone in an old British cemetery that read as follows:
Pause my friend, as you walk by, as you are now so once was I,
As I am now so you shall be, prepare my friend to follow me.
I’m told that a young boy, upon reading these words on that tombstone, picked up a white chalk rock and wrote these words under that poem on the tombstone: To follow you is not my intent, until I know which way you went!
That is pretty good thinking on that young boy’s part. The person who prepares for this life but not for the next life is wise for a moment, but a fool forever!
Now don’t miss this truth. You cannot prevent death, but you can prepare for it. You prepare for it by placing your faith in Jesus Christ. For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but has everlasting life!
Dr. Harlan Betz
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