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Bible Stories.

“Let me ask you to project yourself, momentarily, to the end of your days, perhaps many years from now.

“What will give you the greatest satisfaction as you lie there on your sick bed, thinking about the experiences of a lifetime?

“Will your heart thrill to the memory of honors, degrees, and professional accolades?

“Will fame be most highly prized, even if you managed to achieve it?

“Will you swell with pride over the money you’ve made, the books you have written, or the buildings and businesses that bear your name?

“I think not.

“Temporal successes and accomplishments will not be very gratifying in that moment of destiny.

“I believe the greatest sense of fulfillment as you prepare to close the final chapter, will be in knowing that you lived by a consistent standard of holiness before God, and that you invested yourself unselfishly in the lives of your family members and friends.

“Most important, knowing that you led your children to the Lord and will be with them in eternity will outrank every other achievement.

“All else will fade into insignificance.

“If that is a true representation of how you will feel when your days are growing short, why not determine to live according to that value system now, while you still have the opportunity to influence the impressionable kids who look up to you?

“This may be the most important question, you as a mother or father, will ever be asked to answer.”