Made to Last Forever

Rick Warren writes about how life here on earth is just a dress rehearsal before the real thing: Eternity. He compares our time here on earth to a vacation; you visit for a short time, then you go "home" where you spend your life. I've heard many people refer to life as a "try out" for our life in eternity, after all, 100 years on earth is nothing in comparison to FOREVER....

If life here on earth is just a preparation for eternity, does our relationship with God here and now determine our eternity? Just like Rick Warren says: "When you fully comprehend that there is more to life than just here and now, and you realize that life is just a preparation for eternity, you will begin to live differently....that will color how you handle every relationship, task, and circumstance..."

I agree with Warren, when I realized this, all of the things that troubled me, things that seemed so important seemed like the most trivial things because I now had a bigger purpose...

I didn't think about eternity often enough. I think many people don't. Many people tend to think about it during tragedies, or very difficult times, but imagine how differently we may live our lives if we thought about it daily?

QUESTIONS TO COMMENT ON:

SINCE I WAS MADE TO LAST FOREVER, WHAT IS 1 THING I SHOULD STOP DOING AND 1 THING I SHOULD START DOING TODAY?


HOW WILL THAT SHIFT MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN MY LIFE,
NOW AND ETERNALLY?


WE'VE ALL MADE MISTAKES, LUCKILY WE HAVE A PRECIOUS & FORGIVING GOD WHO SACRIFICED HIS SON TO WASH US OF OUR SINS...HOW CAN I MAKE GOD PROUD OF WHO I AM TODAY?

Please respond with whatever is on your heart, it will help others open their hearts...