How many times this week have you been asked if you are ready for Christmas? How many parties/lunches/teas/mince pies have you attended/eaten so far? Have you wrapped up everything , posted everything, purchased everything? Are you ready?
Christmas is one day. In every respect it is identical to every other day. It has 24 hours. There will be weather. It will start when you wake up and at some point will finish with sleep. Just another day. But we put an extraordinary amount of work into making it special. We shop, clean, decorate, cook, re-arrange, plan, invite and feast in ways that we dont do on any other day of the year.
If we put so much effort into celebrating Jesus's birthday, how much more should we put into preparing for spending eternity in his presence?
My Dad is 84 and two years ago was diagnosed with bowel cancer . He had surgery but it wasnt 100% successful and he has already outlived the initial prognosis which only gave him a year to live. Dad is angry. I think he feels sort of cheated or something. He seems to think that it is unfair that he should be dying of cancer. I dont think he is prepared. Not ready. It seems a bit odd to me that someone in their eighties can be so unprepared for even the thought of their own death. But I suspect lots and lots of us sweep the very idea of our own mortality far under the carpet and resolve not to look at it because it make us feel uncomfortable.
Personally, I'd prefer to be ready. I'd like to know beforehand that when I die Im going to heaven. I'd like to die well, bravely without complaining. Quietly and without fuss. Secure in the knowledge that I have been loved by people and am eternally loved by God
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