Eternity is Near...

My maternal grandmother passed on to eternity a week ago. 

She was in her lower 90's.

I have memories of my grandmother teaching me

good, old-fashioned homemaking skills that have 

blessed me through all my own homemaking years...

I have felt blessed by this over the years,

and appreciate that I was taught well in 

domestic skills by both my Grandma and my Mom.

As death has touched us in a very real way afresh,

I find myself pondering...

What is a life?

What defines success?

When I get to the end of the way,

I only want one thing:

to see Jesus and hear Him say "Well done".

To achieve this success, I need to make 

Him a very real and central theme of my life now.

I have done that.

Every day it matters more to me

that I have loved God and loved others

most of all.

I am not perfect but I try to be faithful.

I am grateful that God has outlined for us

the way to eternal life.

John 17:3:

"And this is eternal life, that they might

know thee, the only true God,

and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent."

To know Him means I must follow Him.

To know Him, I must lay aside earthly pursuit that

is dragging me away from spending time with Him

both in learning at His feet and in obeying His commands.

To know Him means that I will love Him and His Way

more than anything else in the whole wide world.

And there is no way that I can love Him and be wholly His

and not be changed by Him.

Do you know Him?

He outlines in His word the way to know Him.

Repent (be sorry for and turn from your wicked sinfulness)

and obey Him.

He does miracles when we choose this.

Miracles that I cannot even describe in words!

It's totally worth it.

And I know that if I live this way,

I will get to the end of my days and 

hear Him say,

"Well done."

And I will be humbled and grateful

because it's only because of Him that

one can even live a changed life.

Make your calling and election sure today

while there is time!

Love and blessings,

Marcia