There’s nothing you can do about it. It’s a fact of life. And death. Yeah, you’ll be a short time here on Earth but a long time gone, somewhere else.

Or, maybe you think that a short time here repeats itself.

Hollywood and India buy into that silliness. Reincarnation. Time travel. Fractured space/time continuums. Silliness. Kinda fun to make believe. But silly to actually believe.

Here’s the cold, hard truth. And it’s actually the warm, life-filled Truth.

Have you ever noticed how you never again see your family and friends once they die? They don’t come back as a bug, a bird, or even a dog. And even if they did, how would you know? Well, unless they spoke to you. But, again, talking bugs, birds, and dogs fall into that aforementioned silliness category.

“Well, what’s your point, Tony?” you ask.

I remember an article, I read a few years ago, about how life on Earth is a short time when you put it in actual visual numbers. For example, the article said adults have about 25,000 mornings to wake up to, on average. And that’s not a gigantic number by anyone’s standard. Well, maybe a little kid would think so. But not adults all growed up and stuff.

Especially when you divide 25,000 by 365 days in one year.

So, let’s compare this relatively short time here to, let’s say forever. Time without end once you die. That’s the part I already described as a long time gone.

Consider this.

Your body finally gives out. And you breathe your last breath. Then, you go from this finite life to some sort of infinite existence. Sure, you might be one of those who subscribes to the blackness theory. But I’ll save that issue for later.

OK, place 25,000 days up next to forever. And those 25,000 days are gonna look like our beautiful sun up next to UY Scuti. According to those who measure and track such things, it’s a “variable hypergiant star with a radius around 1,700 times larger than the sun.”

That’s a HUGE difference. But still doesn’t even begin to skim the surface of forever.

Nope, there’s really no comparison. Now, if I’m wrong about where we go when we die, this is all a moot point. And one day (for a short time) I’ll either look like a dork or none of us will exist anymore and it won’t matter to me or anyone else.

But, let’s say, just for the sake of discussion, that I’m right when I say there’s a Heaven and a hell. And let’s just say, for the sake of discussion about your soul, that getting to Heaven is a pretty easy thing to do. All you gotta do is trust in the One who built it for you.

I, for one, don’t wanna even remotely miss out on such an awesome, free gift. But, for most people on the planet, MY worldview is silliness. So, here’s the thing. Both views can’t be right. I stake my life and my soul on being right about this.

What If I’m Right?

You think it’s wrong to talk of only one Way.
Live and let live is something you always say.
How could there be a God who no one can see?
When bad things happen, you say “Where can He be?”

You want some proof; maybe a word or a sign
That our existence could be all by design.
I say the proof is in the feel of a song.
But it’s invisible so you say I’m wrong.

But what if I’m right? What if it’s true
All of these things I’ve been sayin’ to you?
What if you die and it’s not the end?
What if your life is nothing you can defend?
You think I’m wrong and that I don’t walk in the light,
But what if I’m right?

So many people living inside a dream
Making a choice that even God won’t redeem.
I say choose Jesus because this life’s not long.
You say it’s nonsense, and you tell me I’m wrong.

But what if I’m right?

© 2008

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