Rehearsing the Last Act
When you’re 20, you think you’re invincible. Death happens to other people, not to you. If you’re under 40, you still don’t think you’re going to die…not really. You know it’ll happen, but you don’t really believe it.
But a day comes when you have a health issue. Or an accident. It’s you, not someone else. Death is now a possibility. No, it’s a reality….for you. You rehearse your death in your mind. You visualize how it will go down, who will be there, what you will say, what others will say. After enough rehearsals and with a strong faith, you put it aside.
But there will come a time….the time. We know this is the real deal! The is the performance to end a lifetime. No “do overs”. No “take two!” And with a real live audience too. Our family. Friends. Neighbors. Coworkers. You’ll be center stage. The main character. The star of the show.
In that moment, we’ll find out if we are real…if our faith is real…if we’ve inculcated the Truth such that we actually live it out in the most pressure-packed moments of life.
Will we crumble?
Or will we deliver the Academy Award-level performance of a lifetime?
If our faith is real…if Christ lives in us, there’s no difference between who we are and the character we’ve played in life. Our “mask” and our face are the same. We are the person we wanted others to think we are. We are “onion”; the same on the inside as on the outside, only stronger!
When that time comes, will I live it out of my heart, my faith, my true self?
Will I trust Jesus?
When Jesus reached “that moment”, he said “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!”
That’s the way I want to leave the stage of this life.
Full of faith. Peace. Anticipation. Hope.
…..and smiling.
Question: When you ‘rehearse’ your passing, do you tighten up… or relax? You can leave a comment by clicking here.
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I am totally relaxed. Each day, I seek to do the next thing in front of me – be obedient to the best of my knowledge and ability. When God decides, I’m done, I am happy to go. Will miss my loved ones, but only for a short time because I know where they will be at the end of their lives. And from what I read, heaven is a great place to be going to!
Isn’t it a great feeling? It’s a part of my motivation to be “out there” for Him. I want everyone to have that peace in their lives!
Thinking about my passing doesn’t really bother me. I know where I’m going and that I’ll be at peace.
It’s those close to me. Thinking about my loved ones like my dad(who’s getting up in age) or my wife is what really makes me tense. And it’s not that I don’t know where they’re going, I do. Knowing they won’t be around triggers an emotional response.