Living With The End In View

I don't know why he said this, but John Maynard Keyne said "In the long run we are all dead." Not the most cheerful statement, but chalked full of reality. There are way too many people living short sighted lives. As a result the wisdom of living well is absent. The facts are hard to hide from. The mortality rate is one hundred percent. Unless we are in the generation that sees Jesus return the one thing that we can be sure of is we will one day die. With that in mind, what are the most important things to occupy ourselves with while we live? Since the most important thing at death is a relationship with God through Christ it certainly makes sense to make sure that is firmly in place. Since at death we carry nothing with us it sure seems reasonable to spend more time enjoying love than pursuing things. Finally, knowing we must die we should concern ourselves with the impact we leave behind us. Long after we are gone what we have modeled and memories of how we lived will still be here. Somebody is watching us and learning the lessons we teach whether they are good or bad. We need to make that impact count for good. Have a great day pursuing love and relating to God for in the end what else really matters.