What's Your Status

Maybe a better title for this week's visit could be, What's your state of affairs. Last week we mentioned my diagnosis with colon cancer. With more news this week I'm reminded of an analogy a friend showed us recently.

Let's say this roll of rope is your life. And every inch is a decade. Now put a black mark on how long you think you might live. I marked at 8 inches, or 80 years.

We are all busy with so much life to do. We might make 90 years. Or our life on earth could be over closer to 70, or 60, or even earlier. All of our years on earth have been predetermined.

Now let's take that rope of life and cut off how old we are. Years already in the past. With me pushing 70, and my life expectancy mark at 80, I only have an inch left.

How will I best live that last inch? Like this past week, receive love, caring, and promised prayers, from so many family and friends. I hope to continue to love Jan and family. I hope to continue to bless others with sharing. I pray I can honor God even though I'm imperfect.

Another family story where our summer took a turn: After coming home from the fair Wednesday night and giving out free grandstand raceway tickets to the 4-H kids, I told Jan, good-night, and fell asleep. Very early in the morning Jan woke me and suggested we go to the ER.

After hours of tests, a CT scan showed Jan has a meningioma tumor about the size of a golf ball in the upper left part of her brain. Now Jan and I realize our diagnosis's aren't necessarily terminal. We are going to continue to enjoy each other's and our family's company.

However someday, maybe decades, maybe soon, we are all going to die. So what's all the decades in the rest of the roll represent? Folks, that's eternity. After we leave earth we will go to either eternal reward, or eternal judgement.

So, if you are on your first decade, middle age years, or senior citizens, what's your status for eternity? If you've accepted Christ's gift of salvation, make the rest of your years count. If you're hoping, nope. If you're trusting in you're own good life, that won't work. Through those decades of living we all fall short. If Christ is knocking, please let Him in.

"Look, I stand at the door and knock. If you hear My voice and open the door, I will come in, and share a meal together as friends". Revelation 3:20 NLT