A Riddle with a Challenge

I heard this riddle on Sunday:

-What is 750,000 miles long...
-Can wrap itself around the earth 30 times...
-and grows by 20 miles every 24 hours?

The answer is: the line of people on earth who don't know Jesus Christ!! What a disconsolate picture this riddle paints. This immediately reminded me of C.S. Lewis' The Great Divorce in which the main charactor is waiting in line for 'the bus'. The truth is, we are all patiently waiting in line for our transit. Yet, unlike the story in the book, people still have the opportunity to choose their queue for the afterlife (beyond the shadowlands): to go to heaven, where we can spend eternity in fellowship with God; or to hell, where there is eternal separation from God.

And while we are waiting, as Christians we are commanded and empowered to entreat others with the love and knowledge we have about God and the Bible. A good place to start sharing this is with your own story or testimony of God's grace and love in your life. Have you thought much about your own encounters with God? Check out 5clicks.com to define your story. Once you begin to introduce others to Jesus, the chances are the Holy Spirit has already begun to work in their hearts.