Just Thinking

I was just thinking today about life; the good times and the bad. I know of a situation where something has happened to a young couple that is not great, but it is far from the end of the world. They are both in tears and just don't know if they can handle this event.

I also know of a gentlemen who was recently diagnosed with cancer. What was his response? "I win either way. If I die, I go to live with Jesus. If I don't, I get to stay here and have more time with my family."

Wow. What a statement. Sure, the older gentlemen has more life experience than the young couple. He has lived a long, full life. He lost his wife when she was only in her mid-fifties. All his siblings have died. He knows about heartache.

But the thing is, his faith is what makes him strong. These kids don't have that foundation. They don't know what the future holds, and they don't know who holds the future. I don't know what the future holds either, but I DO know who holds the future.

And that, my friends, is what makes us or breaks us. Our faith. Not age, life experience, intelligence, etc. Our faith in our Creator. Period.