Mom had Alzheimer’s for ten years before she passed. She engaged very little and was confined to a wheelchair. When I went to visit, the question was whether or not Mom would be “home.” Most of the time she wasn’t.

Once it was just the two of us in the living room of my childhood home. Out of the blue she spoke: “I was walking down a road and came up to a door. The door opened, and there He stood, just as big as life.”

“Who, Mom?” I asked.

“Well, God. Who do you think?”

That was during a period of time in my life when I was afraid of God . . . certain He did not love me and that I brought Him great displeasure. “Were you afraid?”

“Well, no. Should I have been?” And then she said no more.

Every person now alive is one step away from the door opening that leads into God’s presence and eternity. No one is exempt, including me.

Not all of humankind is given the time to be prepared for the next life–the truly important life. Take advantage of the time you are being given. Ask Him to prepare you to meet Him. Only He can do that.

God is faithful.

Prepare to meet thy God. Amos 4:12