"And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt."
Daniel 12:2
This is a little scary. We know that everyone who came to earth will be resurrected to live forever... but the possibility that that forever could be miserable is kind of awful. And the thing is, it isn't some arbitrary choice where God launches people at random into happiness or misery... it is our choice, and has been all along. This earth life is where we get to choose one or the other... and our daily lives are the way that we choose. Do we feel and offer happiness to others through our choices, or do we find ourselves miserable, and pass on that misery to others? Unfortunately, I know that I have done too much of the latter. I need to make some better choices and find some happiness for myself that I can share with other people. It is there... God doesn't ever leave us with only one option. We get to choose, even on the worst days, whether to be happy or miserable, and make that choice stick. We can ruin good days or salvage bad days. Something to think about today is how long we are going to choose misery. Eternity is before us, and I for one don't want to be miserable forever.
Daniel 12:2
This is a little scary. We know that everyone who came to earth will be resurrected to live forever... but the possibility that that forever could be miserable is kind of awful. And the thing is, it isn't some arbitrary choice where God launches people at random into happiness or misery... it is our choice, and has been all along. This earth life is where we get to choose one or the other... and our daily lives are the way that we choose. Do we feel and offer happiness to others through our choices, or do we find ourselves miserable, and pass on that misery to others? Unfortunately, I know that I have done too much of the latter. I need to make some better choices and find some happiness for myself that I can share with other people. It is there... God doesn't ever leave us with only one option. We get to choose, even on the worst days, whether to be happy or miserable, and make that choice stick. We can ruin good days or salvage bad days. Something to think about today is how long we are going to choose misery. Eternity is before us, and I for one don't want to be miserable forever.
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