Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Day 38

     Death. Maybe you've experienced it personally, maybe not, but we're all familiar with the concept.
     I recently learned of a girl my age dying. She didn't die of a disease or an attack, she died of a fluke accident. No warning, no preparation. She passed out at her school, and never woke up.
     This really got me thinking. What if I died today? What do I have to show for my life? What if God asked me when I was going to tell that one girl about Him, and I told Him I was going to get to it next week?
     You see, life is precious because it can end at any time, so we can't wait to start making a difference, we have to start now.
     What if that one friend died? You know, the one who you never told about Jesus. For the rest of your life, you would have to live with the fact that you didn't tell them, and now they are stuck in Hell, forever. Suffering in endless, eternal pain, because of you.
     Maybe it made sense to you at the time. You didn't want to ruin the friendship, make it awkward. You wanted everything to be okay between the two of you, nothing tense.
     But in the end does it really matter? Is God going to judge you by all the awkward moments you cause? No, God is going to judge you by all the lives you did or didn't save.
     So reach out to that one friend, not tomorrow, but today, it might be your last chance to save them.
     Also, if God sent His only, perfect son to die for us so that everyone could be saved, do we get to pick and choose who deserves to go? Should we not tell someone just because they're a little strange?
     Everyone on this earth is God's child, and He wants them all to be in Heaven with Him. So, it's our job to tell everyone, not just the people we think will listen. Everyone. That means that girl that no one will talk to. That means that guy that everyone is scared to talk to. EVERYONE!!!
     Jesus talked to the outcasts, and loved them when no one else would. That means we should too. You may be the only friend that outcast has, and you may be the one who leads them to Jesus. But it's your choice. What will you choose?

-N

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