Any Day

If you were to die today, do you know where you would go?  This might seem like a crazy thing to ask at the beginning of a blog post, but in my opinion, this is a question that should be on our minds more often than not!  Though we live in a world full of appointments, obligations and timelines, none of us get to decide when our last “appointment” will be.  It’s kinda of scary, yet it is also an inevitable truth.

 

Why do I care?  Or maybe why am I writing this?

 

Well, for a while, I have felt the Lord laying some things on my heart and this past week, even more. I am going to share some things with you for those who don’t know.  First of all, I believe in God.  I believe His son Jesus died on the cross for my sins.  I believe in heaven and hell.  I believe in the Bible and the many truths that lie within it.  I also believe that when I die I will go to heaven because I believe Jesus died for my sins.  These beliefs are not just for me which is why I am sharing them now with you!

 

I know some people reading may believe in this gospel truth and some people may believe Jesus was just a historical figure.  I am honestly not here to argue, I’m just here to share and that is my goal as I move forward – simply to share.  I want to share things that give me peace and hope in a world that isn’t so peaceful or so hopeful.

 

As a Christian, this is what I am asked to do! Mark 16:15 says “And He said to them, ‘Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation”

 

I will be sharing what I believe are biblical truths and commands such as Galatians 6:9 “And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up!”

 

Why now?

 

I recently lost a friend.  As I write this post, it’s been a week since I last saw her.  Her death was COMPLETELY unexpected.  In fact, I saw her 30 minutes before she had some sort of medical episode that led to her death two days later.  She was fine when I talked to her.  She was healthy and happy and smiling! My friend Karen wasn’t starting her day thinking “today is the day I’m going to die!”  She didn’t know it and neither did any of us around her. 

 

What about you?  Do you believe in God?  Whether you do or not, doesn’t mean He doesn’t exist.  C.S. Lewis a long-time atheist turned Christian was quoted as saying “Christianity, if false, is of no importance and if true, of INFINITE importance.  The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.”  He also said…and I always find this profound if you truly think about it….”When you argue against Him (God) you are arguing against the very power that makes you able to argue at all; it is like cutting off the branch you are sitting on.”

 

With this in mind, again, I’m going to share some things I believe.  I might do it a little different than most because I’m a proponent of the literal creation account in the Bible.  This may turn some people off, but I hope it actually intrigues you.  I will be sharing some posts I have recently created on a website called THE COMPASS much like this blog called THE COMPASS.  On this site, there are 14 posts detailing some information I hope you will read about the science we know and the actual “proofs” we have about our world’s origin. 

 

I hope you will stick with me.  To get started reading my website, CLICK HERE.