The answer is on the Electric Shuttle Bug in two languages.

“I slept and dreamed that life was beauty. I woke – and found that life was duty.” – Ellen Sturgis Hooper

“Time takes all and gives all.” – Giordano Bruno

“I TELL YOU, NOW IS THE TIME OF GOD’S FAVOR, NOW IS THE DAY OF SALVATION.” – 2 Corinthians 6:2

“Giving the gift of life,” it says on the leaflet I received with the application form for the renewal of my driver licence. On the form I can indicate whether I am willing to donate organs in the event of my death.

Reading “Giving the gift of life” brings a verse from the Bible to my mind, namely Romans 6:23, where it says, “FOR THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH, BUT THE GIFT OF GOD IS ETERNAL LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD.”

The leaflet tells me that it is all about saving and improving the physical lives of other people through organ and tissue donations.

But there is not only physical life, there is also eternal life.

Our physical life is brief. The Bible says that it is like a shadow and like a vanishing vapor.

Our eternal life is forever.

We value of course our physical life, but we must never forget that our spiritual life is more important.

“ich will nichts aussprechen, was mich hebt, ebenso nichts, was einen anderen heruntersetzt, es sei denn durchaus noetig. – Pastor Engels

“Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.” Jonathan Swift

“People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things.” – Sir Edmund Hillary

We are hearing and reading many messages. Here are two.

The first message I noticed in Auckland, while I was there over Christmas:

“love the world you live in,” is written in fancy letters on the wall in a restaurant in New Lynn / Auckland.

The second message I have known for a long time:

Having read the Bible for many years I remember what it says in 1 John 2:15.

There we read: “Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.”

We notice the diametric opposition of the two messages.

What is your response? What is your decision?

I do what the Bible says. Why? Because it says in Matthew 24:35: “Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.”