Tomorrow is not promised

On Monday a good friend of mine, Andy passed away. I am still completely in shock by his death, because he was such an unselfish, kind, and caring person. About 9 months ago Andy started attending the church I go to on a regular basis and the only solace I can take away from his unexpected passing is that he had a relationship with Christ and right now he is in a much better place. There are so many times that as a Christian, I don't always exhibit the best behavior or exemplify a good example of a Christian, but I know in my heart that I have accepted Christ as my Lord and savior and that if I were to die today I would see him in heaven.

At this point you might be thinking that the tone of this message is a bit crazy, and maybe it is the overwhelming grief talking, but I know that I have had opportunities to talk to my close friends about having a relationship with Christ, but pass on the opportunity because I don't want to look like "one of those Christians".

Today I have moved beyond my own selfish feelings of embarrassment to make sure I don't let those opportunities pass me by ever again. I started to think of my friends, that I really do love and care about deeply, but I am not sure about where they stand with Christ, and I have just been completely absorbed by this all day. If something were to happen to them, before they had a chance to accept Christ into their lives, I would feel completely devastated because there was an opportunity that I didn't try to use.

I know that as a Christian I am supposed to testify to others about Christ, but I have always been uncomfortable with it. Immediately it would conjure up images of people yelling scriptures at strangers, and telling them to repent or burn for all eternity if they did not, and I never wanted to be like that. Oddly enough, I actually spent about a year casually mentioning to Andy how fun and unique my church was and how he should check it out. I guess it didn't feel like testifying but in away it was.


Tomorrow is not promised, and if you were to leave this earth today, do you feel comfortable about your eternal resting place?