God lives and works today.
Perhaps you have already experienced his reality at
times in your life, but now you are
mourning the death of someone you love and
the waves of sorrow almost seem to drown
you.
Does everything seem meaningless?
Listen to the following meditation by Basilia Schlink
called Last Will and Testament.
Someone you love very much has died suddenly
and perhaps your greatest grief is that he
had no opportunity to speak any last words,
to leave behind a will or a testament.
However, you can know about one very definite
request your loved one will make now.
He who has left you has now been
placed in the light of eternity.
Now he sees more clearly than we who've
been left behind what is most important.
He sees how the harvest follows the planting
and therefore the importance of how we've lived
here on earth.
He knows how important it is to believe
in and follow Jesus, to take up our
crosses, to love Jesus and the Heavenly Father
and to free ourselves from earthly ties.
He knows how decisive it is whether or
not we live according to the Ten Commandments
and to what degree we fought against and
overcome our sins through faith in the power
of Jesus.
Yes, our dear one recognizes clearly the eternal
consequences of our life here on earth.
How can we show the greatest love to
him who has passed away?
By doing that which we know is most
important to him now.
Because he knows that we still have a
today here on earth, he would ask us
in a final will and testament, take God's
word seriously, hate sin, love God, love your
neighbor, sacrifice gladly and strive towards the eternal
goal so that you will attain it.
Look at the things in the right perspective,
recognizing what's most important, eternity.
Yes, he who has died wants to draw
us to heaven.
He's gone on before us and soon we
will all follow him.
God has let him be a sign for
us, to remind us that we too will
one day be called away, so that we
will begin to take on a different attitude
towards eternity.
He wants us to strive for that which
is above and no longer for those things
that have seemed so important to us here
on earth.
Through the death of our loved one, God
wants to bring us a great blessing.
He wants to help free us from earthly
ties and bind us to heaven.
He wants us to hurry towards the city
of God and to reveal to us now
the love of Jesus which is awaiting us
there.
You have been listening to a program written
by Basilea Schlink of the Little Land of
Canaan.
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works today, visit us at our website www
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