Isn't that such a glorious thought? As I was driving past a church today, I noticed this on their sign and made sure I kept it in mind until I could write it down.
Think about it, of all the things that we need as living beings, the ability to breathe is one of them. For some each breath comes naturally and often goes unnoticed as we go about our daily life. For others with ailments such as a simple common cold, asthma, COPD, and so much more, there are moments that we struggle to get the breath that is so easily taken for granted. Yet we keep breathing until it is time for our last breath.
But then what?
Well, for those of us on earth who have come to know Christ as our risen Savior and have admitted that we are sinners who can only be saved through the one and only Christ, we get to take another breath. Our first breath in Heaven. A breath that will no longer know what it means to struggle to catch that next breath.
Can't you just picture it? Living your earthly life the best you could, striving to be who God wants you to be, then eternal life. Breathing your last breath here on earth and the next breath you take in Heaven with the Maker of it all. God our Father and His Son, Jesus Christ. The radiance of it all as you take in your new home, your true home.
And then, just like in school on that first day as you listen for your name to be called, roll will be called and you will anxiously await hearing your name, all the while realizing you took your first breath in Heaven.
Lord, I pray that anyone who happens upon this post will consider the eternal life you have to offer them. I pray that those who read this will continue to work on their relationship with you and will continue to work for your glory. For those who haven't come to know you, Lord, I ask that you keep this seed growing inside them and that they come to know you so that they too may have life everlasting. Amen.
