THERE IS ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE

A big poster says,” New Lynn Rail Trench– Separating rail and road for a better FUTURE!” And a couple of meters away I encounter the future again. But they are talking here about the same project. It says,” Creating a bright future!”

And then you can buy a small shopping bag for only 99 cents. It says,” Make a difference- Reduce–Reuse–Recycle–Help us to create a better environment- Every bag counts.” I only hope that we are not haunted by the future.

While we used to be in Thailand I remember listening to a speech by the former US president R. Nixon and he was working towards a better future for the next generation.

Only a couple of days ago I picked up the local paper and there is also a politician talking about the future, “The future our kids deserve.” In the article it says: “National has outlined policy that forms part of our plan for giving young people the future they deserve.”

But what about your FUTURE? What about my FUTURE? I am so glad that my future is in the hands of the almighty living God, the creator of heaven and earth. And that includes not only my life on planet earth, but that includes also my eternal life with our eternal God.

From the first time I read the following translated into the German language about 50 years ago I was deeply impressed with what John Oxenham had to say and I am still very much impressed after 50 years:

TO EVERY MAN THERE OPENETH A WAY AND WAYS AND A WAY. AND THE HIGH SOUL CLIMBS THE HIGH WAY AND THE LOW SOUL GROPES THE LOW AND IN BETWEEN ON THE MISTY FLATS THE REST DRIFT TO AND FRO. BUT TO EVERY MAN THERE OPENETH A HIGH WAY AND A LOW AND EVERY MAN DECIDETH THE WAY HIS SOUL SHALL GO.

John Oxenham

“It is impossible” says M. Luther,” for a person to be a Christian without having Christ; and if he has Christ he has at the same time all that is in Christ. What gives peace to the conscience is, that by faith our sins are no more ours but Christ’s upon whom God has laid them all; and that, on the other hand, all Christ’s righteousness is ours, to whom God has given it.”

Aging seems to be the only way to live a long life.

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Don’t save anything for a special occasion. Being alive is the special occasion. ( I hope I am going to learn that!)—Especially for those who belong to the LORD JESUS CHRIST!