A Reflection on Life and Eternity

When your time comes, do not worry about your body. Your loved ones and funeral staff will handle it with care and respect. I know this firsthand, having been part of that process myself.

You will be taken from your home and delivered to a funeral home. Your clothes will be removed, your body will be washed, and you will be dressed and prepared to look presentable. People will gather to honor you—some will even set aside their plans to attend your funeral.

Your belongings, once so important, will be sold, donated, or discarded. Your keys, books, tools, collections, and clothes will no longer matter. Life will move forward. The world will not stop to mourn. The economy will continue. Your job will be filled by someone else, possibly more capable.

Your property will pass to your heirs, and the memories of your life will become stories—shared, judged, perhaps criticized. Acquaintances will briefly remark, "What a shame," while close friends will grieve but eventually return to laughter. Even your pets will adapt to a new owner.

The deep sorrow in your home will fade with time. A year, maybe ten, and you will become a memory. Your photographs will move from walls to storage, and eventually, your presence in this world will dissolve into history.

But while your story ends here, it begins anew in a different reality—a life beyond death. In this new existence, the possessions and achievements you held dear will hold no value.

Your beauty, name, wealth, career, titles, and family will no longer matter. The only thing that endures is your soul.

The Eternal Question
Where will your soul go when your earthly life is over?

Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." (John 14:6)

The Bible is clear: "Unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God." (John 3:3)

John 3:18 explains it plainly: “Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.”

Salvation is a gift of grace through faith in Jesus Christ. If you trust in Him as your Savior, you will have eternal life in heaven. If you reject Him, the consequence is eternal separation from God.

"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." (John 3:16)

You have a choice: to trust in Jesus’ sacrifice for your sins or to bear the consequences yourself. "The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." (Romans 6:23)

Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved (Acts 16:31). Today is the day to decide the eternal destiny of your soul.