Hope for Life Blog

I always think it is interesting to read all the end of year obituaries. You know what they are… the lists in newspapers and magazines about all the famous people that died. I wonder how many of them I’ll remember in a year. I suspect if I could go back and get a list from twenty years ago I wouldn’t even know who some of them are. And what about one hundred years ago? Or one thousand?

What about the “not so famous”? I conduct several funerals each year, and attend several others. It all just reminds me that this life is not forever. Famous people don’t stay famous for long. Rich people don’t take it with them, and don’t control what happens to their wealth after they are gone.

So what is the point of this life? For me personally, it is to give myself to something that will matter long after I am gone. I want to make a difference forever. And I have done that, and I am doing that. I have meaning and purpose in my life that will last forever. Someone will know who I am one thousand years from now.

And it really has nothing to do with me. It has everything to do with what Jesus did. Not only will I live forever, but the things I am doing now will help others to live forever. Because they will know Jesus.

So what do you think? Does your life matter? Do you want to ask questions about this?

Let me hear from you.

Steve Ridgell