Our journey to GodLife is often called a journey. The start happens at conception. The end takes place at death.
A journey has a destination. For Christians the journey leads to life with God.
The start of the journey can be difficult. We don’t choose our country of birth, our parents, our physical condition, or our intellect.
Some people are given many advantages while others have very few. But at the end of your journey, who you are is far more important than what you had at the start.
Think of your journey as a train trip
Your birth is your boarding pass. Your ticket lists your destination as “Union with God.”
The train stops at many stations
Some of the stations are School… Employment… Marriage… and later, Hospital and Nursing Home. These stops may be a source of success and joy… or failure and sorrow.
Many people acquire unwanted baggage — failed relationships, missed opportunities… or things done and words said that can’t be changed. Thanks be to God, Christ loves us and forgives our failures when we ask Him.
When we are young, the train seems to go very slow and there are many stations to visit. As we get older, the train seems to go much faster and the stops become fewer and fewer.
Eventually the final stop does not seem so far away
The death of a relative or friend well before their time disturbs us greatly. It becomes clear that we could be put off the train at any time.
Although the way ahead may not be perfectly clear, we fear no evil for our Father is always with us.
“Even to your old age I am the same, even when your hair is gray I will hear you; it is I who have done this, I who will continue and I who will carry you to safety” (Isaiah 46:4).
Finally that special day arrives
The train stops and our journey ends. All the trials of our life are now over. For those who have tried to follow Jesus... He awaits you.
What words and images can begin to describe our meeting with God? Human love is but a pale shadow of His love for us.
“For eye has not seen, nor has ear heard, nor has it entered into the heart of man what God has prepared for those who love Him” (1Corinthians 2:9).
Jesus in his great love for us even welcomes latecomers — the Good Thief is a perfect example. What happens after death NEXT >
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