The Lessons from
Death
It is better to go to
the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end
of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart. (Ecclesiastes 7:2)
Today’s Morsel: When I lived in Japan
and someone in the village died, almost everyone came to pay their respects and
condolence. Every now and then, I like to quote this verse to
people by saying that Solomon says that it is better to spend your time at
funerals than parties, after all everyone dies. We should take it to
heart (my wording). For it is true. Someday, everyone will
die. And the quicker we learn that lesson, the more we will prepare for
it. You see at a funeral, it lets you know that nothing is forever, even
life. As our funeral home advertisement used to say on the radio when I
was a kid, “No one likes to think of death, but there is coming a time that we
all have to face it. Are your plans in order?” Jesus said in Luke
17:26-30, "And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the
days of the Son of man. They did eat, they drank, they married wives,
they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and
the flood came, and destroyed them all. Likewise also as it was in the days of
Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they
builded; But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and
brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. Even thus shall it be in the day
when the Son of man is revealed.” Are your plans ready? Jesus
told us to remember Lot’s wife.
Sing: Oh my brother, are
you ready for the call? To crown your Savior King and Lord of All. The
kingdoms of this world shall soon before Him fall, we shall see the King when
He comes.
Thought For Today: Remember Lot’s
wife.
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