When the End Comes

            Well, the time has come for me to write my last bulletin article as a minister at Northwest.  Anytime you come to the end of something, it causes you to think back and question what you have done. Have I done a good thing? Did I make any difference? Did my labor mean anything? Was it all worthwhile?

These questions are often times impossible to answer.  Some results are not easily quantified.  Influence, worth and meaning are often not seen in the short term.   Solomon writes in Ecclesiastes 3:11, “God has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, yet so that man will not find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end.”

 God has made us mortal but we long for eternal significance. Only thru Him can we achieve this desire. Only in the life to come can we see all the result of our works. That is why we must think about the eternal ramifications of our lives. A life lead for only mortal pleasure will have no lasting significance. A life lead in service to God will reap eternal results. (Matthew 6:19-21)