A Life To Remember

The following is the article that I wrote for this Friday's Church Page article for the Concordia Blade-Empire:

A Life To Remember

          Wednesday evening, I was going through my Twitter feed, to find items to share on Facebook via HootSuite (sounds like an exciting night, huh?) and I came across this great line:

“Commencement: Just as my speech will not be remembered, so your life will not be. Stop striving for significance and love God. He remembers.” ~ John Mark N Reynolds

          Reynolds quote is rather timely with graduations taking place all over the area during the month of May and Concordia’s big event is on Sunday. Special speakers will share from the platform along with deserving students about all of the past accomplishments and future great achievements.

          Silly String may get sprayed. Cake will be consumed in mass quantities. Hugs will be exchanged. Gifts will be opened. Cash will be pocketed. All of this along with promises that people will be “Friends Forever!”

          Then “life” kicks in. For some of the graduates, “life” will be postponed until they graduate from college. Others will enter “life” on Monday. Some have already been experiencing “life” now. All will wonder if “life” is really worth it.

          The Book of James tells us that “life” is a vapor that disappears quickly. That basically means it can end before we really begin living “life”.

          So how do we prepare to outlast the “vapor”? Romans 10:9-10 tells us, "That if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved; {10} for with the heart man believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation." (NASB)  In other words, take up God on His love for you and receive Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour. This works for today’s graduates and even for those already living “life”.