I've waited nine years for you to visit.....just to write this post. You must have been bored.....you wondered what the weird bumper sticker on my truck was.....and here you are.
Well I'm not going to waste any time. I'll make it short so you don't leave. You're seventy years old. You've led one lousy life. Three wives....all gone. The kids might call once a year if you're lucky. You've had plenty of drinking buddies but never a real friend. They were all too scared to tell you what they really thought.
Remember that one conversation ten or twenty years ago? You told everyone that you were going to hell and couldn't care less. It was easy to say something like that when you were thirty...or forty...or even fifty....but now the body is starting to give out....and there's really no one to impress anymore anyway.
There was that one guy you worked with. You forget his name but you didn't like him. He never did anything to you....except bring up Jesus Christ a few times when you two were alone. Once in a while you still see him. His wife is always with him....that bugs you.... and usually what looks a grandkid or two. And you've got nothing.
You think your alone in that room. God won't hear your thoughts for He gave up on you decades ago. You couldn't bring yourself to say it even if you wanted to......the shortest prayer ever......one word.....'God....' You want to address Him but there's nothing you could say and He surely doesn't want to hear from you anyway.
I've got news for you. Jesus told a short story for someone just like you. A man hires a few men to work all day for him. A few hours later he hires a few more....and then a few more....and near the end of the day he hires even some more.....and pays them all the same amount of money! Oh, you've heard the story. Well did you hear this? You're in the last group. You get the same wage....salvation. I've been here 35 years but I'm not angry. Why? I had the worst resume of all back then and he hired me anyway. He probably could have fired me a few times and never did. That's kinda how it works friend.....he owns the business.....and he'll hire you right now.....and who knows....with maybe only a week left in your life......same salary.....and everyone else is thrilled to see you!
Well I'm not going to waste any time. I'll make it short so you don't leave. You're seventy years old. You've led one lousy life. Three wives....all gone. The kids might call once a year if you're lucky. You've had plenty of drinking buddies but never a real friend. They were all too scared to tell you what they really thought.
Remember that one conversation ten or twenty years ago? You told everyone that you were going to hell and couldn't care less. It was easy to say something like that when you were thirty...or forty...or even fifty....but now the body is starting to give out....and there's really no one to impress anymore anyway.
There was that one guy you worked with. You forget his name but you didn't like him. He never did anything to you....except bring up Jesus Christ a few times when you two were alone. Once in a while you still see him. His wife is always with him....that bugs you.... and usually what looks a grandkid or two. And you've got nothing.
You think your alone in that room. God won't hear your thoughts for He gave up on you decades ago. You couldn't bring yourself to say it even if you wanted to......the shortest prayer ever......one word.....'God....' You want to address Him but there's nothing you could say and He surely doesn't want to hear from you anyway.
I've got news for you. Jesus told a short story for someone just like you. A man hires a few men to work all day for him. A few hours later he hires a few more....and then a few more....and near the end of the day he hires even some more.....and pays them all the same amount of money! Oh, you've heard the story. Well did you hear this? You're in the last group. You get the same wage....salvation. I've been here 35 years but I'm not angry. Why? I had the worst resume of all back then and he hired me anyway. He probably could have fired me a few times and never did. That's kinda how it works friend.....he owns the business.....and he'll hire you right now.....and who knows....with maybe only a week left in your life......same salary.....and everyone else is thrilled to see you!
