It was a tragic occurrence. A Minnesota bridge collapsed this week. Unfortunately, there were some fatalities. . I gather from the news reports that this was abrupt and unexpected. When it happened, the victims were just rush-hour commuters crossing over a bridge. . This incident serves as a reminder of the uncertain timing of a certain event. To put it bluntly, our death is inevitable. It is a bridge we must all cross over, but we don’t know when. . Here is my question. If your appointed time came suddenly today, how certain are you about a hopeful prospect on the other side? Why or why not?
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Such a terrible thing that bridge, it is being cocered in all the Newspapers here, my thoughts are with theose poor people.
A well know British comedian who was only in his early 60's died this week, he just had a heart attack in Spain and was gone just like that leaving a big void in his loved ones lives. I have often thought if I suddenly died what would people say about me and about all the things I should have said or done in this life. I suppose I have done things that I am not proud about in this life.
Have a nice weekend!
Death can certainly come suddenly and we know not when the handwriting will be on the wall.
I trust Jesus for my salvation and I claim the many comforting verses to meditate on such as Rom. 8:28, Psa 23, etc......
When I was younger, I never thought of death...now, hardly a week goes by that I don't consider it.
Yet, whenever it is that God deems for me to crossover to the other side, it is with hopeful confidence that Christ death atoned for my sins, in order that, for all eternity, I can worship the Holy God.
1 Peter 3:18 - Christ suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God.
Sometimes I think about how if God chose not to remember me, I would be just a blip in the universe... here and gone. It is a sobering thought. So I respond...
"Into your hand, I commit my spirit...O LORD, faithful God." (Psalm 31:5)
"For by grace are you saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Not of works, lest any man should boast."-Eph 2:8-9
That's how I know where I'm going after. :)
Well, we all have to go at some time, so it's best to be prepared.... mentally prepared and also to have your affairs in order. But while we are young, it doesnt seem to have any urgency, but now the years are creeping up on me.... hmmmm, perhaps I should start to prepare myself.
What a terrible disaster in Minnesota, a bridge fell in Quebec last year, 5 dead, I suppose bridges, like pepole, don't last forever.
It's funny - one thing about growing up sick and almost dying a couple of times before I was 10, I think the thought of death, and being spared from death, has always been with me.
I am so glad that God offered, and I accepted, His free gift of eternal life in Christ Jesus. Rom 3:23
Like Jazzy, my confidence in a hopeful and certain eternity is in Christ. In fact, the longer I live, the more I look forward to it. That's not exactly a comfortable thought in our particular culture or climate, but I can't wait to get to heaven. I can't wait to see Jesus. I can't wait to be with the Lord forever. This bridge collapse only reminded me of that.
It's God's faithfulness and Christ's imputed righteousness on which I rely. And for which I will be (and am) eternally grateful.
I'll just take my faith with me.
Well, it has to come one day. We all know it.
I guess when it comes, I'll be taking my faith with me but I pray it is not so soon. :)
Halfmom, you meant 6:23, right?
Thanks for the comments here and for being willing to take a step of vulnerability. I wish we could discuss it a little deeper, especially since people don't all believe exactly the same thing. Maybe at another time, if we find a comfort level that allows us to go that deep.
Remember, you can contact me by email (see profile) if there is something you would prefer to talk about one-on-one. Even if the email starts by saying something like, "How dare you..." or "What do you mean by..."
Oh, and may it not be too soon for any of you.
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