When all is said and done....

 

After all is said and done…

As you can probably understand with my mother’s passing away just a few weeks ago, I have been in deep thoughts about death. Death affects both the dying as we are going to see in a bit and the dead.

No one escape it and soon or later you and me will face it.

I could not copy what I saw about Steve Jobs's deathbed experience (One of the richest men who ever lived)  .  His last word was solemn and deep.  I was wondering, but why do we have to wait to be on our deathbed to realize that, like Steve Jobs, a watch of $30 will show the same time than a $300 one or an expensive wallet holds the same amount than a cheaper one.  Our national debt shows that many people are still choosing the expensive options.  Steve Jobs realized too late that money was an experience he had fortunately gone through.  But through this darkness he never probably experienced the blessings of family and most of all the blessing of the love of God like so many people flee from, because of wrong beliefs.  God is so gracious and merciful, but mostly patient.  Patient with us to encourage us to repent and return to him.

What is the experience of death so far in my life?  It is awesome.  I know that between now and anytime I could die.  It goes from minute to minute.  Nothing is guaranteed but I know that now being 66 years old I have passed the age that Steve Jobs died at, in his fifties.  I have lived this long only by the grace of God.  I have escape death so many times by his grace.

One last thing that Steve gave was some advice: To be considered and courteous to your neighbour.

All along, Jesus Christ’s golden rule: “To treat others as you would want to be treated (Matthew 7:12) and yet so many are again missing the mark today in the world.  What took Steve a lifetime to realize…May it not take you a lifetime to realize…Act now!