Don't Go to Sleep Before You Get There!

     The story has been told of the gentleman traveling the train who told the conductor to wake him up when they reached his destination.  The conductor said he would.  Then the man said, "I may put up a fight because I hate to be woke up, but be sure to get me off the train."
     When the gentleman awoke, on his own, he was a couple of hours down the track from where he was supposed to get off.  He was one more irritated gentleman.  He screamed at the conductor all of the way off the train and was still screaming as the train drove off.  Another passenger said, "I bet that guy was madder than anyone you ever had to deal with.  To which the conductor said,  "No, I had a man that was madder than that about two hours ago when I put him off the train."
     We are all traveling on the train of life.  We are not sure of the exact amount of time that we have to be on the train, but we know there is a place down the line where we will have to get off.  Along the way, you will find many a person that is asleep and will need someone to wake them up before they reach their destination.  There are others that spend their time idly wishing that the train would get them on down the track, certain that there will be happiness, fame or fortune awaiting for them at the end of the journey.  Pity the man that finds himself being put off the train before he is ready to get off.  There are a few on the train who have grown tired along the way and are eager to reach that final destination.  The end of the train trip is the thing we call death.  Millions of people are unprepared, spiritually, for this to occur.  Many, many more are spiritually prepared, but hold a tremendous fear of that happening to them.
     Watch this space for the news of a tremendously helpful book, Wings of Mercy, A Christian View of Death.