Job had it right when he said that life was like a swift runner, a speed boat (swift ships), and an eagle diving for it's prey. Life is very short, even if you live to be 93. So, we should live it UP. By living it up I mean Unmistakenly Prepared for eternity, where we'll be spending most of our time. Prepared for what really matters is a good way to be. To be perpared for eternity means to have a relationship with the God of eternity. Not a "hope so", nor a "think so", but a know so relationship with the Creator. This blood bought relationship is the most precious decision that anyone could ever make. Are you living it UP?
Residing in Michigan for over half my life, I had heard about Paradise. Because Paradise is a small town in the Upper Peninsula, you may have never visited there in your life, but you knew it existed. It was WAY up there next to Tahquamenon Falls and nothing else. Where's Tahquamenon Falls? Next to Paradise and nothing else. It's a long way from home. Why all of the talk about Paradise? Because Paul talks about it in 2 Corinthians 12. There was this guy who had been caught up to Paradise. Not in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, but into the REAL Paradise. While there, he'd heard things that he was unable to repeat. What on earth was this? Who was this guy? Here's what was going on. Paul defended his position of Apostleship in chapter eleven and gave the Corinthians an idea of what Apostleship looked like in chapter twelve. It came with great wonders, like seeing or instead hearing unimaginable things. But, too, that position came with a terrible cost. God gave Paul a &q
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