Seriously

Do we ever take our existence seriously enough? What is the ultimate reality of life and our true existence? The meaning of life is a philosophical question concerning the significance of life or existence in general. It can also be expressed in different forms, such as "Why are we here?", "What is life all about?", and "What is the purpose of existence?" It has been the subject of much philosophical, scientific, and theological speculation throughout history.

Look at the World around us. What we see is nothing new. Life as we see it now has been going on since the beginning of time. There is nothing new under the sun. What we have done throughout our lives is no different than what many other persons have done throughout their lives since life first came into being.

There are those of us who believe that an intelligent being, a God, created this World and the people who are in it. Then there are those who believe that humans evolved from some minute’ cell that has always existed. Then there are those of us who absolutely give life and the origin of life no serious thought at all.

I don’t believe that anyone has the belief that they are going to live forever on this Earth because death of our human bodies is a reality that we experience throughout our lives. Even when armed with that knowledge there are those of us who just ignore the reality of death and live our lives for whatever we can experience for our pleasure from one day to the next. Life is like a vapor of smoke that exists today and vanishes tomorrow, eventually to be remembered no more.

When we are very young, we look forward to the excitement that life has to offer us. As we become young adults and grow into our middle age we begin to treasure our possessions like cars and houses and the many things that we can acquire. These are all temporal things that we find pleasure in, but only for a certain time. Only when we reach our senior years do we begin to see what life is all about. It is not about what we have gained in the order of personal possessions, because when we part this life, none of those things that we formally possessed will be of any value. Life is not about all the fun and excitement we enjoyed in our younger years because just the memory of those things is not enough to sustain ourselves in our twilight years of life.

So considering all of that, what do we have to look forward to as our life on Earth draws to a close? The Bible tells us that it is appointed unto all persons once to die, but after that the judgment. What if you don’t believe that the Bible is of any consequence. If you don’t believe what it says and you reject it, then what will you look forward to when your life ends?

Seriously, what is your life worth? Our lives are as a vapor of smoke that appears for a little while, then vanishes away never to be seen again, for out of the dust of the Earth we were born and back into that dust we shall return, with nothing gained by our lives except for the memories of us that have been retained by others, but these memories also will eventually be lost in the passage of time.