Possibilities

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I've heard numerous people claim that they will do things differently when things get back to "normal". That leaves me with LOTS of questions! What is "normal"?' What does "normal" look like? Will you or I know that things have returned to "normal"? What is the precise time and date that things will return to "normal"? What if things don't go back to "normal", what then? I can remember a year ago that the "News" was pushing out that we needed to "flatten the curve" and then things would return to "normal".

The Bible talks about that men nor women won't know when the Son of man returns. We don't even know how many months or years we have on earth. As a matter of fact I've had several deaths in my family and not one of them knew beforehand that their life was ending. Even when the doctors said that death was inevitable, the precise time when death would come was unknown. I lost a Great Nephew when he was only seven years old. It's a safe bet that he had no idea that he was going to die when he fell asleep in the van that day. My Great Nephew didn't know that there would be an accident. Another Nephew was driving  a car and was involved in an accident. His legs were so badly crushed in the accident that he passed away before the ambulance could even get there. There were other deaths in our family that I won't mention except to say that none of them knew that they were about to lose their life.

The Bible says that we should choose this day whom we will serve. The Bible doesn't say that you have weeks or months. It says that we are to decide TODAY or THIS DAY. Tomorrow isn't promised.

The point is that this virus may die out or it may be just a harbinger of things to come. Either way and whatever happens, I'd like to KNOW that I am going to heaven. I want to know that I don't have to worry. I want to have assurance that I am one of God's people rather than the alternative.

There are no guarantees in life. The government may fall and Communism may take over. I may end up in a concentration or a re-education camp. I may contract the virus and die. I may live to be one hundred years old. I may die before I'm sixty five. The possibilities are endless. I could be involved in a fatal car accident, a fatal assault or die of some other cause. I may live to be eighty, I just don't know.

What I do know is that I belong to God. I am His and He holds me in His hand. Material possessions may not last. Money may never come. The car could break down leaving me stranded. The house may fall in. A Tornado could blow it all away. The rest of my life could be wonderful and filled with amazing things or it may be terrible. As I said before, the possibilities are endless.

The fact is, I have no idea. I'm not alone in my ignorance because no one else knows the future either. It's all just speculation and conjecture. Only God really knows. Only God sees the past, present and future. Only God knows whose name is written in the Lamb's Book of Life. Only God knows who will be in heaven with Him.

The Bible says that it is God's will that none should perish. God wants everyone to be in heaven with Him. So whatever the virus Du Jour is and whatever tragedy is in store for the world, one can KNOW that they have heaven waiting for them. Eternal life is available to everyone. Heaven is available to everyone. Salvation is available to everyone. While eternal life, heaven and salvation is available to everyone, not everyone will accept the free gift. How about you? Would you rather hope for the human promise of  "normal" or make this a monumental time and know?