As I wrote in my last blog, Darla and I had the opportunity to go on a cruise with her family to Grand Cayman Island. I was shocked to find out that during our taxi tour of the island that we were going to stop in HELL. That's right folks, there is really a town (if you can call it that) called HELL on Grand Cayman Island. People on the bus made jokes about "going to hell" -- got me to thinking. You know it really was terribly hot that day .... well, I can truthfully say that I have been to hell, and come back to tell about it. They even have a post office in "hell". Wow! Some of the fellow travelers wanted to mail post cards to their friends - postmarked "hell". It was sort of creepy. Got me to thinking....Thank God, because of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross, I do not have to worry about spending an eternity without God in a place called "hell". Because I believed the Gospel, and accepted Jesus Christ as my personal Lord and Savior, I will never ever step one foot in HELL -- the real hell. So, a few weeks ago, I went to Hell -- Grand Cayman hell -- and came back to tell you all that Jesus Christ is still Lord, and trusting in HIM gurantees you a home in HEAVEN, not HELL. Have you trusted HIM as Lord of your life?? Do it now! Hell is too hot for me!
Monday, October 26, 2009
To Hell and Back
As I wrote in my last blog, Darla and I had the opportunity to go on a cruise with her family to Grand Cayman Island. I was shocked to find out that during our taxi tour of the island that we were going to stop in HELL. That's right folks, there is really a town (if you can call it that) called HELL on Grand Cayman Island. People on the bus made jokes about "going to hell" -- got me to thinking. You know it really was terribly hot that day .... well, I can truthfully say that I have been to hell, and come back to tell about it. They even have a post office in "hell". Wow! Some of the fellow travelers wanted to mail post cards to their friends - postmarked "hell". It was sort of creepy. Got me to thinking....Thank God, because of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross, I do not have to worry about spending an eternity without God in a place called "hell". Because I believed the Gospel, and accepted Jesus Christ as my personal Lord and Savior, I will never ever step one foot in HELL -- the real hell. So, a few weeks ago, I went to Hell -- Grand Cayman hell -- and came back to tell you all that Jesus Christ is still Lord, and trusting in HIM gurantees you a home in HEAVEN, not HELL. Have you trusted HIM as Lord of your life?? Do it now! Hell is too hot for me!
Cruising the High Seas
A few weeks ago, my wife and I had the opportunity to join her family for a cruise from Tampa, FL to Grand Cayman Island and Cozemel, Mexico. Believe me it was HOT in th
e Caribbean!
As we were sailing through the sea, I began to think about how life is like a cruise. NO, I don't mean that everything about life is as nice as sailing on a ship, with all the food you can eat ... and servants everywhere to wait on you. Life is like sailing the seas, with God as our Captain, and we are the trusting passengers. It takes faith to get on one of those big boats (ships). I don't know my way from port to port ...but I trust the Captain and his crew to get us there safely. Several times during the cruise, I would turn on the TV in the room, and look at a special channel, which told me the location of the ship (lattitude and longitude) - the direction (from the compass) - the speed - and the estimated time of arrival. They even told me the direction of the wind and it's speed. God's Word is like that channel. As we read and study the Word, we get God's direction for our lives. The Word tells us where we are IN HIM -- and what to expect. Amazingly we were always on time -- whenever they said we would dock at such a time, it happened. I know that we could have encountered rough seas (God spares us that), but I know that no matter what the seas would bring, we were safe. Afterall, the first thing we did on the first day -- was the famous lifejacket/lifeboat drill. EVERYBODY had to go to your "station" and receive instructions. Thank God we had no emergency in actuality, but, it's comforting to know that the crew knew what to do....and after the drill, so did we. God has a lifejacket/lifeboat drill too .... it's His Holy Spirit that indwells us. What an assurance to know that no matter what happens in life ...we are "covered" by His Spirit! Oh well, the week on the cruise was great. While there with Darla's parents and her brother and his wife, we celebrated Mom's 80th birthday. She's been sailing through life for a long time. How about you? Do you trust HIM to get you to the port called heaven? If not, you should talk to the Captain right now!
e Caribbean!As we were sailing through the sea, I began to think about how life is like a cruise. NO, I don't mean that everything about life is as nice as sailing on a ship, with all the food you can eat ... and servants everywhere to wait on you. Life is like sailing the seas, with God as our Captain, and we are the trusting passengers. It takes faith to get on one of those big boats (ships). I don't know my way from port to port ...but I trust the Captain and his crew to get us there safely. Several times during the cruise, I would turn on the TV in the room, and look at a special channel, which told me the location of the ship (lattitude and longitude) - the direction (from the compass) - the speed - and the estimated time of arrival. They even told me the direction of the wind and it's speed. God's Word is like that channel. As we read and study the Word, we get God's direction for our lives. The Word tells us where we are IN HIM -- and what to expect. Amazingly we were always on time -- whenever they said we would dock at such a time, it happened. I know that we could have encountered rough seas (God spares us that), but I know that no matter what the seas would bring, we were safe. Afterall, the first thing we did on the first day -- was the famous lifejacket/lifeboat drill. EVERYBODY had to go to your "station" and receive instructions. Thank God we had no emergency in actuality, but, it's comforting to know that the crew knew what to do....and after the drill, so did we. God has a lifejacket/lifeboat drill too .... it's His Holy Spirit that indwells us. What an assurance to know that no matter what happens in life ...we are "covered" by His Spirit! Oh well, the week on the cruise was great. While there with Darla's parents and her brother and his wife, we celebrated Mom's 80th birthday. She's been sailing through life for a long time. How about you? Do you trust HIM to get you to the port called heaven? If not, you should talk to the Captain right now!
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