adventure awaits

Life can be an adventure. But what happens after this life? I suspect the next life will be an adventure too. We will all see someday. So friends and relatives went to find out last year. It's pretty real sometimes.

Are we preparing? How do we prepare? Jesus says, "be like me." Paul says, "Be like me." Do we know living examples of people we can emulate. To prepare we need to be working to be more like God. God is loving, forgiving, helpful. He also judges, discerns. We do that too but remember God withholds judgment on us and when he does bring consequences they are always much less than we deserve.

Jesus said he came to release, comfort, restore. As much as is in our power that is what we are to do as well.

I am thinking of the scene in Field of Dreams where the James Earl Jones character is about to enter the afterlife. In the movie he enters it be going into the cornfield. I know corny huh? But it is only the boundary for those who are ready, who God has called. (Well of course God is never mentioned.) This is one man's fantasy. In this fantasy afterlife some men play baseball. Will there be baseball in heaven? I hope so.

The character in the scene seems to see this movement into the afterlife as a new adventure. He sticks his arm into the cornfield and it disappears. Then he pulls it back. He laughs and looks back at his new friends who will be left behind. He sees it as a new adventure. He is apprehensive of course. But he seems joyful. He is no longer depressed as he was when we first meet him. His new friends have cheered him up. He has seen signs of a reason for life. I will interject here that God has allowed circumstances to occur so that he can see that. And now he is going on to the next adventure. It is his time.

We too have a time here on earth. But soon we will go on to our next adventure. Many who love us will be left behind to continue on. Are we preparing? Will we be ready? I know some who leave out scared out of their senses. Part of our preparation is to learn to trust God more.