Not Enough Time

"Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in therat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow s the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it." Matthew 7:13-14 

This is a story of a woman who, for the most part, was good, at least she thought she was. Her story unfolds after being told by two physicians that she has approximately six months to live; seven months, if she were lucky. Their advice to her was to start making funeral arrangements and to get her paperwork in order. 

For the sake of names, we will call this woman Adelaide.

Adelaide entered her home, plopped on her sofa, and stared at the ceiling. There was nobody to confide in. Adelaide has no friends, family, or will to live. It's not that she never had friends; she just conveniently ran them all away, it was either her way, or the highway. Adelaide had a habit of speaking her mind at any cost. No matter who she hurt in the process. Adelaide assumed that she was just being assertive. Most of her family is either deceased or chooses not to be around her. Her sisters have gone on their merry way, not offering so much as a phone call. Adelaide always assumed that everyone else had the problem.

"How did this happen?" she said aloud to herself. "I am a successful woman, I have a large house, plenty of money in the bank, I drive the speed limit, I pay my taxes, I recycle, I eat healthy. How could this have happened to me?! Me, of all people?!"

After five months of pity. Adelaide had an idea after watching a sermon on healing: "I got it! I'll start reading the Bible, and perhaps I can heal myself. Where is that bible? I'll look in the attic tomorrow." Adelaide passed quietly in her sleep six hours later. She never had time to establish a relationship with God. Adelaide had many men in her lifetime. None of which were her husband; however, some were husbands to other women. It's not that Adelaide did not want to marry; she had never been asked, and was looking for love in all the wrong places.

Sure, she paid her taxes, recycled, and made a lot of money. Adelaide was very rich. But Jesus clearly says, "And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God." Matthew 19:24. Look to Jesus so that your days might be numbered and you might be saved.

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