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I saw a great white throne, and I saw the one who was sitting on it. The earth
and sky fled from his presence, but they found no place to hide. I saw the dead,
both great and small, standing before God's throne. And the books were opened,
including the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to the things
written in the books, according to what they had done. The sea gave up the dead
in it, and death and the grave gave up the dead in them. They were all judged
according to their deeds. And death and the grave were thrown into the lake of
fire. This is the second death--the lake of fire. And anyone whose name was not
found recorded in the Book of Life was thrown into the lake of fire.
(Revelation 20:11-15 NLV). Perhaps it is not as new as I think,
but when I did a search recently on the word “scrapbooking” there were 118
entries! There were many places where I could find books and supplies to make my
scrapbook. There were communities
where I could go to exchange ideas and advice. There’s even one site that
touts it is “the premier online scrapbooking magazine.” All of them were
dedicated to the chronicling of our lives through a scrapbook! I must admit that we have done some of
this too. Mary still has each of the boys’ “baby books.” In each she has
various pictures and mementos of their early years. Each of them makes quite a
nice early biography of them. Over the Christmas holidays, my son and
daughter-in-law asked if they could have some of the old family photos to copy
and place in their home. I had no
idea how many of these we have collected through the years! As we went through
them I began to recall the many memories of each of the images. This was
especially true of the photo albums we had of various trips we had taken when
our children were young. It was quite a “trip.” The
more I began to think about this, the more I began to wonder how would a
biographer write about my life? Pictures don’t lie! They may not tell the
entire story, but whatever is captured in that moment of time is held for all to
see. Oh, I know that these images can be manipulated digitally and changed. But,
on the scale of my home photos, what you see is what it is. It is a permanent
record of our lives. There is a biography being written about our lives. It is the grandest “scrapbook” of all time. It is called the Lamb’s Book of Life. Our reading today tells us of this book and the repercussions of not being included in it. Those names are written in it will live and those names are not in it will not live in heaven. God knows all about you, and you will be judged by him. Where’s your name written? If there were a scrapbook developed of your life, what would it communicate? If you are reading this, it is not too late to change the ending of your book. Turn your attention toward Jesus Christ as Savior! |
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