“…I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life.”

Deuteronomy 30:19

What do people treasure most in this world? I think it’s their health and life. As soon as a person becomes ill or starts battling a disease, that is when it dawns on him just how precious life is and how much longer he wishes he could live. No one can truly understand the value of life as much as a person who is on his deathbed.

The quality of life is pretty important also. People spend hundreds of dollars, thousands even, to improve the quality of their lives. Some people, after suffering for a long time from a disease, don’t have the desire to live anymore. That’s how important life quality is. If they can’t enjoy it, why live?

Life is precious. Some people die, and, because of their death, others have a chance of living. Terminally ill people often spend years on a donor waiting list, just waiting for a match in hopes of prolonging or bettering their life. Many die in their sufferings, never receiving what they hoped for.

Imagine a terminally ill patient lying in the hospital. He is in urgent need of a heart transplant. Without it, he’ll die. Without it, life is painfully dull. He is restricted to his bed. In the next room, a healthy person dies from a tragic accident. He is an organ donor and a perfect match for the ill person next to him. When doctors offer the patient a heart transplant, he rejects it. All he wants to do is live, but for some unknown reason, he doesn’t want to take the heart next to him. Maybe it’s his fear of having a surgery, his new life afterward… I don’t know. But, for whatever reason, he declines the offer and soon after that dies. The unused heart stays where it was. Unused.

Jesus Christ came to this earth to die. He came to die so we could live. Not just to have a life of better quality here on earth praising Him, but also to join Him later in our heavenly home in eternity. He died, to give each one of us a chance. A chance to live. How dare we reject His offer, His gift of life? And yet, many do. For some reason, they choose to live in sickness, shattered and broken. They can only wish to improve their life in some way. The devil used them, leaving them with a guilty conscience and in fear of death. And the gift of a joyful, meaningful life through the death of Jesus is left unused.

Dear reader, today is the day when you have the opportunity to check your life. If you are alive and still breathing – then the gift of life through Jesus’ death is still available to you. By accepting this gift, your life will be changed. The quality of your life here on earth will drastically improve. You know why? Because Jesus heals. He puts the broken pieces together. He is the God of order, the God of peace. By accepting His gift of life, you will be made new again. The quality of any life in which Jesus exists not only improves, but changes into something miraculous that only He can do. Ask Him to give you the gift of everlasting life today!

Marina Damyan

The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the Gospel.

Mark 1:15