"Life Is But A Vapor"

My mind has reflected lately, perhaps due to the physical life-struggles my father-in-law has been having, concerning just HOW FRAGILE and PRECIOUS our life is! LIFE. Here one moment, gone the next. We may 'hold' many things in our hands: the way we cook, clean our homes, take care of our vehicles & belongings, how we care for our animals, when or how we choose to deposit our money into the bank. BUT, just as we cannot control whether the sun shines bright, or the sky cries tears of rain....another MOST IMPORTANT & CRITICAL 'thing' we can't....nor will ever control, change or "hold" in OUR hands....is ....OUR LIFE. We have NO GUARANTEE on our life.....we CANNOT CONTROL on breath. Only Jesus can & does! Not a "life support" machine, medications, doctors......no one....but Christ! So knowing we have no control over the 'passing moments' of our life....WHY WOULD WE WASTE IT? Why not serve Christ....WHOLE-HEARTEDLY? Knowing I may be "gone from THIS life"....at any given moment....& "WAKING UP IN ETERNITY".... is a mind-provoking thought! There is but ONE ETERNITY! But eternity has "2 lands".... ETERNAL LIFE....or.....ETERNAL DEATH. Eternal life will be for those who have committed all to Christ....follows Him NOW, WITHOUT RESERVATION.... who lives, not unto ones-self....but unto Him...."who has called us unto His glorious light". Eternal death however...is quite the contrary! This will be for those who HAVE CHOSEN IN THEMSELVES - FREELY CHOSEN - to live THIS LIFE....with & by....their OWN SELFISH PLEASURES & DESIRES. I'm thankful, He beckoned for me....to "come follow after me"....for as I do - daily - ....in that moment, when my 'time' comes....I will, by the faith & grace of Christ, hear those words...."well done, thou good & faithful servant, ENTER IN to the joys of the Lord". SO WHAT ABOUT YOU?! He is beckoning NOW.... "surrender all"! Allow Him to BE...the LORD OF YOUR LIFE! So that when it is YOUR TIME....you too will hear those words....so many WANT to hear....but may never! DON'T WAIT....you're not promised tomorrow....the next step....not even....THE NEXT BREATH! DON'T WAIT...& hear those dreaded words...."DEPART FROM ME ye worker of iniquity"! So in closing, To My Pops ~ we are unsure just how much more "time" you have.....but I'm thankful to know.....that when you're breath is finished.....you will hear those words - "WELL DONE"! We love you NOW.....& FOREVER!