Friday, December 16, 2005
KEEP DEATH IN MIND
KEEP DEATH IN MIND
Think about the hour of your death and ask yourself how well prepared you are for Eternity. Consider your relationship with God and how well you have used the talent He has given you for your time on Earth. Ask yourself if you could stand be fore the judgment seat of God, if your earthly life is right with God, if you have shown Love, and if you are ready at any hour to depart from Earth without fear of having to give an account to God.
Think about it, your strength ends with death. If you depart from this Earth with an immature soul your own strength can do nothing. Ask yourself if you are satisfied that you could depart from this world in peace. Practice strong self-criticism. Endeavor to perfect yourself. Use each day that is yours, as long as you are on Earth you can still achieve so much. You still have the opportunity to purify your- self, because you have the power to do this increasingly through deeds of Love.
Remember death and recognize that you as a weak creature cannot delay it for an hour if God has determined the hour of your decease. Ask sincerely for God’s Mercy, for His Grace, and for His support, which He will give you in His Love. And with His Love He will also give you the power that assures you your ascent.
Keep your goal in mind so that you may awaken to Eternal Life when your earthly life is ended. Live according to that goal, fulfill God’s Will and think always that each day could be your last on Earth. In this way you can prepare yourself. You can then live consciously and enter without fear into that Kingdom of Peace, your true homeland.
AMEN
Think about the hour of your death and ask yourself how well prepared you are for Eternity. Consider your relationship with God and how well you have used the talent He has given you for your time on Earth. Ask yourself if you could stand be fore the judgment seat of God, if your earthly life is right with God, if you have shown Love, and if you are ready at any hour to depart from Earth without fear of having to give an account to God.
Think about it, your strength ends with death. If you depart from this Earth with an immature soul your own strength can do nothing. Ask yourself if you are satisfied that you could depart from this world in peace. Practice strong self-criticism. Endeavor to perfect yourself. Use each day that is yours, as long as you are on Earth you can still achieve so much. You still have the opportunity to purify your- self, because you have the power to do this increasingly through deeds of Love.
Remember death and recognize that you as a weak creature cannot delay it for an hour if God has determined the hour of your decease. Ask sincerely for God’s Mercy, for His Grace, and for His support, which He will give you in His Love. And with His Love He will also give you the power that assures you your ascent.
Keep your goal in mind so that you may awaken to Eternal Life when your earthly life is ended. Live according to that goal, fulfill God’s Will and think always that each day could be your last on Earth. In this way you can prepare yourself. You can then live consciously and enter without fear into that Kingdom of Peace, your true homeland.
AMEN
