Speaking

I am thankful that:

"By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained the testimony that he was righteous, God testifying about his gifts, and through faith, though he is dead, he still speaks."

"Through faith, though he is dead, he still speaks."

Think about it. After God has called us home, our life will still be "speaking." Abel's life will speak until the end of time. For though heaven and earth may pass away, God's Word abides forever. My friend Randy's life is still speaking of his love for His Savior. And it will continue to speak through his wife, his sons and daughters, their spouses, his grandchildren. Randy still speaks--perhaps, by God's grace, until the end of time.
In our family an old Presbyterian minister by the name of Seth Means still speaks. He shared the message of the Savior with my mom and my dad--and many others. And Mom and Pop spoke that message into my sisters' lives and into my life and into their grandchildren's lives. Yes, Pastor Means, though dead for years and years, still speaks. Every life that my family has been used by God to speak into--Seth Mean's life still speaks. By God's grace, until the end of time.
To be honest everyone's life will still "speak" after he or she is taken from this temporal world. The question is what will it "say"? After all, Cain's life still speaks, does it not? So, when the Lord takes you home what will your life say? What will my life say?

Lord, may my life echo the "words" of your son Abel: "Without faith, it is impossible to please God, for he who comes to Him must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him."

And could there be a greater reward than to live a life through which God can testify--"though he is dead, he still speaks" of My goodness and My faithfulness and that no matter what the cost, he believed that it was worth it to have followed Me--even unto death.

"And it was."