Stop living in la la land

There are often two ways to think about death...clearly and unclearly.

It's sunny and 70, it's a long weekend and yes I am writing this morning about how we should think about death. By no means am I intending to scare people with this thought. I am writing this post this morning to think of death in a new way.

It is better to go to a house of mourning
than to go to a house of feating,
for death is the destiny of everyone;
the living should take this to heart. 

(Ecclesiastes 7:2)

What? (that's exactly what I thought when I read this verse the first time a few years back)

That absolutely makes no sense. But it does. How often do we avoid thinking about death or choose not to. Life is good! Why ruin a day thinking about dying someday. We get caught up in our unrealistic and unclear minds that death is just going to happen and we really don't need to think about it. We live in our own la la lands because death just isn't our number one priority.

But here is why it should be something that we should think about:

Solomon isn't encouraging us to think morbidly, but he knows it is helpful to think clearly about death. When we think about death it reminds us that we will have time to change, time to examine the direction of our lives, and time to confess our sins and find forgiveness from God.

Because everyone will eventually die, it makes sense to plan ahead to experience God's mercy rather than justice.

Think about those who haven't planned ahead. Those who were unclear. They couldn't control when their time came, but they might have been able to control how clear it could've been for them.

I just want you guys to prepared, that's all. We are going to pass someday. There is no changing that.

I am going to end with a question for you all and I really want you to think about it.

Are you at peace right now with where you would go if you died yesterday? 

...and if you aren't. Talk to someone about it. Message me, talk to some friends. Ask questions! Because there is no greater peace than knowing that without a doubt I will go to heaven when I die and I want you to feel that too!