What is life?

The Poet wrote,

What is life?

What?

Is life but a wisp of smoke carried in the air?

A wisp in the eternal aether 

Are people wisps?

What of man’s, or woman’s! accomplishments?

What of them?

Is the sum total of all ones life simply, 

A pile of shinny tin, brass, and wood?

Is that life?

Is life simply a cacophony of sounds travelling through endless time?

Is it?

Or! 

Is life.

Yours and mine 

more!

Is it,

A divine opera?

An opera played out on a high mesa 

A stage suspended between,

Heaven and Hell.

Are we as Shakespear said,

Simply actors?

Life,

I believe. 

Is an opera played out before God.

Live!

On a high mesa,

Between Heaven and Hell.

And we,

We, Are, partakers in a play.

Individuals, who write our own script.

Awaiting the final curtain call

Sending us to eternity

Are you ready for the final curtain call?

What is the sum total of your life?

What?

What will “they” say about you as you pass on?

What will God say?

Where will you spend eternity?”

The Psalmist wrote,

“Show me, O LORD, my life’s end and the number of my days; 

let me know how fleeting is my life. 

You have made my days a mere handbreadth; 

the span of my years is as nothing before you. 

Each man’s life is but a breath. 

Psalms 39:4,5

Jesus said,

“Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. 

No one comes to the Father 

except through me.”

 John 14:6

The Apostle Paul wrote,

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—

and this not from yourselves, 

it is the gift of God— 

Ephesians 2:8

The writer of Hebrews wrote, 

“Now faith is being sure of what we hope for 

and certain of what we do not see...

And without faith it is impossible to please God, 

because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists 

and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.”

Hebrews 11:1,6.

Where,

Where will you spend eternity? 

Are you sure you know where you will be?

Please think about it.

Stepping out of the boat

Stepping out of the boat
“Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowd.  
After he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone,  but the boat was already a considerable distance from land, buffeted by the waves because the wind was against it. 
During the fourth watch of the night Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake.  
When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost,” they said, and cried out in fear. 
 But Jesus immediately said to them: “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.” 
“Lord, if it’s you,” Peter replied, “tell me to come to you on the water.” 
“Come,” he said. Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus.  
But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, “Lord, save me!” 
Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. “You of little faith,” he said, “why did you doubt?” 
And when they climbed into the boat, the wind died down. 
Matthew14:24-32
What a wonderful illustration of how we let Christ work in our lives.  Here the apostles have just seen Jesus perform a miracle feeding five thousand men plus women and children.  They had witnessed other things Jesus had done and in this simple incident we see at least Peter still had doubts.                                
Peter recognized it was Jesus and said, “LORD, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water.”
Peter then got out of the boat and as soon as he realized the wind was “boisterous” as the king James version puts it, his faith started to fade and he started to sink causing him to call to Jesus for help.
I think on many occasions we are like Peter.
We say “LORD do this for me.”  God does it and we start on our way, then when things start getting “boisterous” we start doubting and have to call out to God for help.
We have little faith at times.  Like Peter we have doubts and fears and have to call out to Christ for help.
Being a Christian is a growing experience.  We all have doubts and fears times when we feel God is not with us.
We, however, can take heart from the example of Peter.  Peter, here doubted, and he even ran away at the trial of Jesus.  However, on the Day of Pentecost Peter stood on the top of the house, and preached the Gospel.  He went onto stand before the Jewish leaders and proclaim the Gospel, seemingly, fearlessly.                              
Peter and the other Apostles were people just like us.  They had their doubts at times, as they learned from Christ.  They had their fears, but, as they listened to the teaching of Jesus, they grew into powerhouses, that quite literally changed the world in which they lived.  We must do the same.
In order for us to grow to overcome our doubts and fears, we must study the words of our LORD.  Study the Scriptures, and as Peter and the others in that upper room did, allow the Holy Spirit to come into our lives and work in us.
We must be wholly committed to God.
Where is your faith?
Are you willing to step out of the boat and walk on the water?
  Are you taking what you learned of Christ to the world?
Think about it.

Where

Where

         The following is a poem from a book I wrote called images. The sole purpose  of writing the book was to make people think I put this here for both the Christian and none-Christian to think about.

Where

Where are the people?

Where?

Are they but shadows in the mall?

Shadows wandering, looking for the latest trinkets, bobbles or beads.

Are they?

Are they but shadows in time,

What is life?

Yours or mine?

What?

Is life but a wisp of smoke carried in the air?

A wisp in the eternal aether 

Are people wisps of smoke?

What of man’s or woman’s! accomplishments?

What of them?

Is the sum total of all ones life simply a pile of shinny tin, brass, and wood?

Is that life?

Is life simply a cacophony of molecules and atoms,

Sound and energy travelling through endless time?

Is it?

Or 

Is a life.

Yours and mine,... more?

Is it a divine opera?

An opera played out on a high mesa 

A stage suspended between heaven and hell.

Are we as Shakespear said, simply actors?

Are we but actors in a play?

Actors awaiting the final curtain call,

Sending us to eternity?

Are you ready for the final curtain call?

Are you?

What is the sum total of your life?

What?

What will “they” say about you when you pass on?

What will God say?

The Psalmist wrote

“Show me, O LORD, my life’s end and the number of my days; 

let me know how fleeting is my life. 

You have made my days a mere handbreadth; 

the span of my years is as nothing before you. 

Each man’s life is but a breath. 

                                                 Psalms 39:4,5

Jesus said,

‘Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. 

If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, 

I will come in and eat with him, and he with me.’ 

                                                               Revelations 3:20

The Apostle Paul wrote,

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—

and this not from yourselves, 

it is the gift of God— 

Ephesians 2:8

The writer of Hebrews wrote, 

“Now faith is being sure of what we hope for 

and certain of what we do not see...

And without faith it is impossible to please God, 

because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists 

and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.”

                                                                                        Hebrews 11:1,6

Jesus said,

“Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. 

No one comes to the Father 

except through me.” John 14:6

Life is more than a wisp of smoke in the eternal aether. 

Shadows wandering, looking for the latest trinkets, bobbles and beads.

Shadows in time.

Life is a divine opera.

An opera played out on a high mesa.

A stage suspended between heaven and hell.

An opera with a twist.

A play who’s final ending is determined by you and me.

A play deciding where we will spend eternity.

Where will you spend eternity?

Will you accept Jesus Christ into your heart and life today?

Will you pray.
Dear Heavenly Father,
I recognize that Jesus is your one and only Son.
That he came to earth to die for my sins.
I confess I am a sinner and that I fall short of what you want for my life.
Please forgive me of my sins and come into my life.
That I may spend eternity with you

                                      In Jesus name I pray
                                                   Amen.