I like to think of it like this: picture your body, whether young or old, as a treasure chest. The chest is of no particular value and certainly does not have any value for eternity. It is what is inside the chest that has value. The same holds true with our bodies.
Category: positive influence
Moving Forward While Glancing Back
I looked at the jacket. If I took it, I’d just hang it in a closet at the nursing home. It would sit in the dark, smelling of mothballs until I died. Then Sarah would donate it right back to the same rack. History dies when you lock it away.
Who is God?
Joy? I thought. “Are we talking about the same God?” I asked my friend. Then I explained my fearful thoughts I had about God and about dying. Pastor Jared Carlson said in his sermon, “When life is lived apart from the Author of Life, death is all that remains.” That is were I had been living.