Chaplain’s Column: Absent from the Body, Present with the Lord
“We are confident, I say, and willing
rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.” - 2
Corinthians 5:8
A man
named Solomon Peas died. His tombstone in London reads:
“Beneath these clouds and beneath
these trees
Lies the body of Solomon Peas.
But this ain’t Peas - it’s just the pod.
Peas shelled out and went to God.”
I
like that. That’s what your body is. It’s just a pod. What happens to a child
of God who has trusted Christ as his personal Savior? When he closes his eyes
in this life, he opens them in the next. Jesus did not say, “After two or three
thousand years, you’ll be with Me in paradise.” Jesus said, “Today, truly,
you’ll be with Me in paradise” Luke 23:43.
Are
you confident that, if you died today, you’d be with Jesus in paradise? If not,
then confess your sins and believe upon His name to save you. Now, go and tell
someone!
Please remember all those on our prayer
list.
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