Life is Life & then it ends
for Me & For You
as
there are no exceptions.
We are just like a piece of fruit~
Perishable~
Decaying
Decomposable
Destructible
Easily Spoiled
Short-lived.
One day a plump juicy grape
and then a dried out raisin.
Perishable~
"Though outwardly we are wasting away..." (2 Corinthians 4:16)
No matter how many sit ups
No matter how healthy you eat
Perishable! But
because
"God so loved the world
that He gave His one and only Son,
that whoever
believes in Him shall
not perish
but have eternal life" (John 3:16)~
In Him we are Imperishable~
Continuation
Preserved
Enduring
Occurring Forever.
Imperishable in Him~
...through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
and into an inheritance that can
never perish,
spoil or
fade.
This inheritance is kept in heaven for you,
who through faith are shielded by God’s power
until the coming of the salvation
that is ready to be revealed in the last time (I Peter 1:4-5).
An Imperishable Inheritance
From
Perishable to
imperishable
"in him"~
Two little words that carry the power
to transform
a raisin back into a big juicy grape~
"In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while
you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials.
These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—
of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—
may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.
Though you have not seen Him, you love Him;
and even though you do not see Him now,
you believe in Him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy,
for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls."
I Peter 1:6-9
Imperishable~
"Yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.
For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us
an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.
So we fix our eyes not on what is seen,
but on what is unseen,
since what is seen is temporary,
but what is unseen is eternal." (2 Corinthian 4:16-18)
Imperishable in Him~
"Therefore we do not lose heart." (2 Corinthians 4:16)
Life is Life & then it ends
but
in Him
it is just the beginning.