Hello God, It's me, Mara - Earthly life

You know, Lord, one doesn't have to look far to find someone with aches and pains.  We desire to live on and on and it seems that self-preservation is the first law of nature. But we all grow old! Someone shared a little joke about that, it kind of goes like this: A Sunday School teacher was telling her class about Heaven and asked, "If I'm good to my neighbors, will that get me to Heaven?" The answer was "No." Next she asked, "If I give money to the poor, will that get me to Heaven?" Again, the answer was "No!"  So she asked, "If I read my Bible every day, will that get me to Heaven." She got a resounded "NO!" Then she asked, "Well, then, how do I get to Heaven?" One little lad in the back shouted, "You gotta be DEAD!"

Meanwhile, day by day, what ever it is we're doing, with, for, or to others, we're growing older and we're getting tired, but we arenot tired of life itself. One pastor mentioned that we might be finite beings with infinite desires, but we're human and we are demanding all that You have to give us, Lord. He added that You, Lord God, made us with this huge capacity and desire so that

You can come in and completely satisfy that desire, How awesome is that?! You gave us a human heart so big that only You can fill it! You, Lord, are the only one who offers eternal life to every person who puts his trust and faith in you, Lord.

  We read in Ephesians 2:10, "It is God Himself who has made us what we are and given us new lives from Christ Jesus; and long ages ago he planned that we should spend these lives in helping others."  Thank You, Lord, that You are there to guide!

Love, Mara