I am on a month-long holiday in the UK right now. One day, I accompanied my friend to her volunteer groundskeeping job at the largest cemetery in the UK (and at one time the largest in the world)—Brookwood Cemetery. It covers more than 200 square acres.
Gravestones date back to 1854 but because of the weather, many look much older, with many of the headstones unreadable or falling down and the graves sinking.While beautiful, it has all the markings of a horror film writer’s dream spot. Suffice it to say, you won’t find me there after dark.
Everything on earth deteriorates and perishes. Our lives are like a vapor (James 4:14), and the overlap that one life has with another is fleeting, so there will come a time when no one on earth will remember our name or visit our gravesite. A sad fate indeed . . . IF--
It was once said that for the non-believers, this is the best life they will have ever have, while for believers, this is the worst life they will ever have. Not only that . . .
BUT . . . for the believer, while those on earth might forget who we are, God will NEVER forget.
And He said He will not forget us in a multitude of ways.
In Hebrews 13:5b, “God has said, ‘Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.’”
In John 13:3, Jesus said, “And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.”
And just as he told Israel--
“. . . I will not forget you! See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands . . .” (Isaiah 49:15b-16a)
—so He will never forgot those of us who have put our trust in Him as well.
In fact, once our names are written in The Book of Life, the earthly reminder of our life on earth is superseded by eternal life and constant companionship with the God of the universe Himself. Forever remembered.
Gravestones date back to 1854 but because of the weather, many look much older, with many of the headstones unreadable or falling down and the graves sinking.While beautiful, it has all the markings of a horror film writer’s dream spot. Suffice it to say, you won’t find me there after dark.
Everything on earth deteriorates and perishes. Our lives are like a vapor (James 4:14), and the overlap that one life has with another is fleeting, so there will come a time when no one on earth will remember our name or visit our gravesite. A sad fate indeed . . . IF--
It was once said that for the non-believers, this is the best life they will have ever have, while for believers, this is the worst life they will ever have. Not only that . . .
BUT . . . for the believer, while those on earth might forget who we are, God will NEVER forget.
And He said He will not forget us in a multitude of ways.
In Hebrews 13:5b, “God has said, ‘Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.’”
In John 13:3, Jesus said, “And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.”
And just as he told Israel--
“. . . I will not forget you! See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands . . .” (Isaiah 49:15b-16a)
—so He will never forgot those of us who have put our trust in Him as well.
In fact, once our names are written in The Book of Life, the earthly reminder of our life on earth is superseded by eternal life and constant companionship with the God of the universe Himself. Forever remembered.
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