The Greatest Reward
In these times in history and,
also, our lives when we are living in fear and trepidation, we realize that
life has no purpose, and all is meaningless and of no value without God. Whoosh!
You may say. Where did that come from? It’s just a thought—a thought that just
might come to you some day when you are being “wheeled” into Hospice with only
weeks, or perhaps hours, to live.
In his commentary on Christian
rewards, chapter 6 of the book of Matthew, William Barclay tells us, “If a man
takes his own way, he drifts farther and farther from God; the gulf between him
and God becomes ever wider, until in the end God becomes a grim stranger, whom
he only wishes to avoid. But, if a man all his life has sought to walk with
God, if he has sought to obey his Lord, if goodness has been his quest through
all his days, then all his life he has been growing closer to God, until in the
end he passes into God’s nearer presence, without fear and with radiant joy—and
that is the greatest reward of all”.
Oh yes! You’re absolutely right.
I haven’t always fit that mold either; but, trust me; Hospice is just around
the corner for all of us. Just a thought.
In the meantime, this is Ronald Miller, www.sageobserver.blogspot.com
signing off.
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