"His mercy is everlasting; and His truth endures to all generations."
There will never be a time when God's mercy and truth are not needed, for "His mercy is everlasting and His truth endures to all generations." Many believe that belief in God is outdated, or old fashioned, but this is not so, for there will never be a time when we do not need His presence, His mercy and His truth. I thought when I read this that we need to grab ahold of eternity. I remember that when my cousin Johnny and I were children we were discussing what eternity meant. It dawned on Johnny that eternity is a long time. We decided that eternity just goes on forever and ever. The reality of this was difficult for two children to grasp, it even blows my mind in my old age. If we have two choices where we are going to spend eternity in heaven or hell, we need to make the right choice and take the narrow road that leads to eternity with Jesus. Physical things are not unimportant, but they are not eternal. We do not own any physical thing that will not eventually wear out, or, like the cap pistols of my childhood, lose their usefulness. (You will agree that wearing a fancy two gun holster set with "Roy Rogers" imprinted on it at my present age would not be cool.) One of my favorite "preacher stories" is about an elderly preacher whose basement was flooded. He kept all of his memorabilia of his years in the ministry in that basement. He sat on the basement steps and looked at all of the sermon manuscripts, certificates of achievement, favorite books, etc. etc. that were ruined, and he wept. Then the thought came to him that even as important as all of that material was, it was "just stuff." He got over it and went on with his life. There is nothing that we can do about growing old and forgetful. (Believe me, I am experiencing this today.) But this is not the final chapter. Through Jesus Christ we can look forward to spending forever and ever with Him. Bro. Joe
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