As a young boy myself and my brother and our friends went everywhere on our bikes. We used to race around the neighborhood, legs pumping, wind in our face. We'd laugh and laugh. And at the end of the race we skidded to a stop with dirt flying. We never realized if there was something bigger than our fun times, something bigger than ourselves.
But where did all that laughter go? Did it vanish into the air the moment it left our mouths? Or does it still carry somewhere, farther than we know?
When I hear or read something interesting I write it down in one of my pocket notebooks. Yesterday I turned to a quote from a wonderful movie from long ago called Gladiator: “What we do in life echoes in eternity.” That was a small line in a speech Russel Crowe's character General Maximus gives to his Roman troops before battle.
I wonder if that sentiment points to something real? Doesn’t Scripture itself raise the stakes? “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ” (2 Corinthians 5:10). “Whatever one sows, that will he also reap” (Galatians 6:7). Those are true, so no choice we make can be as small as we might think.
On the positive side, what if the words we speak in kindness are not forgotten? What if the prayers we whisper in secret ring louder in heaven than we imagine? What if the quiet sacrifices of love resound long after we are gone?
And what about today? When this moment is gone, will it fade into nothing—or will it echo forever?
I thank Christ, and his promise of eternity....
Soli Deo Gloria
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