Welcome to the last month of year 2006. For me, I feel like New Year was just yesterday. Time does fly fast without we realize this year will be ended soon. How's life going? have we accomplished what we have previously planned when we entered year 2006. With me? I would say I did...*big smile and all accounts to GOD" I finished all my last year's assignments and I graduated last summer and guess what all my family except my brother they managed to come to Holland. In the middle of this year I made a wish that I could stay for another year and GOD did answer He let me to enroll in a one-year programme Accounting and Finance. Have the same things also happened to you? Or..do you still have some of your plans sustained?
At the end, we can plan anything but God decides. In fact, all people know or at least have ever heard about this. The matter is about how far we have faith in it besides the fact that some people would rather not believing there is GOD. Well, I do believe in it.
Just last night, after my part-time work I talked with a new friend. He has been wondering in Holland for some years and thinking of going back to Indonesia next year because he thinks of having enough capital earned to start his own business. He believes that a success only comes to those who are hard-workers and know how to take a chance.
Then I told him about a story, which is actually written in the bible.
It is about a rich man who has a lot of money and treasures. He plans everything in order to make his prosperity last forever so that when he is old, his life would be full of enjoyment, parties, and happiness. However, God said to him,"You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Now who will get the things you've accumulated?" (you can read the full story at Luke:12:16-22)
My friend told me that he knew that that man finally died that night. Anyway it's just one of the example that actually all of us know that all things including the time are in God's hand.
As a year passes by, we are getting old and older (which doesn't mean it proves that we are granted a longer life). Quite the opposite, as we gets older, our time on earth is getting shorter. Why? because each of us was born to this earth with a certain life span and like it or not it has been decided long time ago before we came to our mommy's womb.
So is the time on earth, as a year is passing by again, the time is come to its end.
In the Christianity belief, the merciful time for the people is finished when Jesus is coming for the second time, which is called the rapture, and then the world will be sent to the great tribulation. Those who were died in Christ are going to be revived first then those who are still alive and believe in Him are going to be the next to rise. Finally, those who are left behind are sent to the great tribulation or great suffering time.
When the time on earth or your life time does finally end, have you been thinking what will you report to, what is so called, the Afterlife-judge? Would you be able to take all responsibilities of your entire life, which are obviously the factors that decide your next destination after life? Believe it, not only for Christians but all of us, there are only two places to go after life and for eternity, HEAVEN or HELL. There is NO such things like reincarnation OR second chance to repair the previous life.
Life is short but afterlife is for eternity. Would we be thinking that what we do today will be accounted for the next life?
At the end, we can plan anything but God decides. In fact, all people know or at least have ever heard about this. The matter is about how far we have faith in it besides the fact that some people would rather not believing there is GOD. Well, I do believe in it.
Just last night, after my part-time work I talked with a new friend. He has been wondering in Holland for some years and thinking of going back to Indonesia next year because he thinks of having enough capital earned to start his own business. He believes that a success only comes to those who are hard-workers and know how to take a chance.
Then I told him about a story, which is actually written in the bible.
It is about a rich man who has a lot of money and treasures. He plans everything in order to make his prosperity last forever so that when he is old, his life would be full of enjoyment, parties, and happiness. However, God said to him,"You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Now who will get the things you've accumulated?" (you can read the full story at Luke:12:16-22)
My friend told me that he knew that that man finally died that night. Anyway it's just one of the example that actually all of us know that all things including the time are in God's hand.
As a year passes by, we are getting old and older (which doesn't mean it proves that we are granted a longer life). Quite the opposite, as we gets older, our time on earth is getting shorter. Why? because each of us was born to this earth with a certain life span and like it or not it has been decided long time ago before we came to our mommy's womb.
So is the time on earth, as a year is passing by again, the time is come to its end.
In the Christianity belief, the merciful time for the people is finished when Jesus is coming for the second time, which is called the rapture, and then the world will be sent to the great tribulation. Those who were died in Christ are going to be revived first then those who are still alive and believe in Him are going to be the next to rise. Finally, those who are left behind are sent to the great tribulation or great suffering time.
When the time on earth or your life time does finally end, have you been thinking what will you report to, what is so called, the Afterlife-judge? Would you be able to take all responsibilities of your entire life, which are obviously the factors that decide your next destination after life? Believe it, not only for Christians but all of us, there are only two places to go after life and for eternity, HEAVEN or HELL. There is NO such things like reincarnation OR second chance to repair the previous life.
Life is short but afterlife is for eternity. Would we be thinking that what we do today will be accounted for the next life?
"What we do in life, echoes in Eternity" (Quoted from Maximus line in Gladiator)
I don't mean to scare you really :) Finally just let me wish you a wonderful Christmas and year-end season.