The spiritual aspect of our lives is the most important aspect. It survives beyond the few decades we live here on earth. The New Testament says, “What is your life? It is even a vapor, appearing for a little while and then disappearing.” You should take inventory of your life and determine the value and quality of it.

I began praying when I was 18 years old for God to give me wisdom. The more I’ve prayed that prayer through the years, the more I’ve sensed an urgency to love and reach people for the resurrected Son of God, Jesus Christ.

When we leave this life and stand before God to give an account of this life, will we hear from God, “Well done, my good and faithful servant; enter into the joy of the Lord” or, will we hear, “Depart from me, you workers of iniquity; I never knew you.” Let’s decide now to invest our lives in kind, clean, righteous living.

An old poem says, “Only one life will soon be past; only what’s done for Christ will last.” Jim Eliot, the missionary martyred by the Auca Indians, repeatedly said, “He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.”

We all instinctively know that death is not the end of our existence. Human beings are the only creatures on earth that mark and commemorate the deaths of their loved ones. We all know that death is an ultimate reality for everyone but we never think it is going to be us personally. Let’s treat each day as a gift. Let’s love those close to us. Let’s be generous with everyone we can. Let’s encourage those who mean the most to us. Let’s practice virtue and civility in our public life. Let’s prepare for the inevitable eternity that faces us.