Davy and his mother were looking at old photographs. There was a funny one of his dad when he was only three years old, and one of his mother when she was only one year old. Davy saw some pictures of his grandparents and great-grandparents too. He knew his two great-grandpas, “but where are the great-grandmas?” Davy asked. He didn’t know them.
His mother explained that they had died before he could remember them, and were right now in heaven.
Davy thought about this for a while. “Mom,” he finally said, “do grandpas ever die?”
To five-year-old Davy, his 88-year-old great-grandpas seemed so old he thought they must have always been around! His mother told him, “Yes, someday they will also die, unless the Lord Jesus comes first.”
Davy learned this Bible verse, “It is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment.” Hebrews 9:2727And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: (Hebrews 9:27). Then he told his mother that he was ready to die, because he had asked the Lord Jesus Christ to wash his sins away.
So when Davy gets to heaven he will meet his great-grandmas, but best of all, he will see the face of Jesus who loved him and died for him. That day is coming very soon.
What about you? Are you ready if the Lord Jesus comes or if you should die?
ML-10/10/1993