Is it more important to go about living life well or worrying about what happens when we die?
From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham
Q: Is it more important to go about living life well or worrying about what happens when we die? – L.D.
A: The singer Madonna once asked a series of questions when being interviewed about her thoughts on war, senseless killings, and famine. She asked five questions: “Where is it all going? Why am I here? What do I believe in? What’s the whole of life? Is there life beyond this world that we live in?”
Several years ago, the cover of Time magazine had a haunting black-and-white photograph of a desperate and nearly lifeless-looking woman. She had three children clinging to her, and the headline read, “How to end poverty.” Millions die each year because they are too poor to live. It is sad but true. We live on a ravaged planet, affected by sin in every part: the earth, the sky, the sea, the animals, and especially the human family.
This wasn’t God’s plan. We were created in His image. We were meant to live as He made us to live, but man’s disobedience brought about sin. This is the worst kind of poverty that plagues the human race, the poverty of the soul, where our longings are never satisfied, where our desires are never filled, where our hopes are unrealized and fears grow.
Some people spend so much time worrying about what might happen that they never enjoy what is happening now. Today is the tomorrow we worried about yesterday. But neither should we fail to consider what happens at the time of our death.
Jesus was the Master Realist when He urged people to prepare for death, which was certain to come. He told us not to worry about the death of the body, but rather concern ourselves with the soul, for it is the soul that lives on.
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(This column is based on the words and writings of the late Rev. Billy Graham.)
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