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He was just a normal kid.
Too young to understand life and its intricacies, too innocent to be bothered, and way too ignorant to care.
His mother held his tiny hand and stood by the shoulder of the highway as they waited to cross over to the other side.
Standing next to mother and child was a woman, completely oblivious of her fate the next minute.
It was dark. The moon wasn’t smiling down on them, with her warm smile illuminating the surroundings as usual. No Street lights. Just the lights of oncoming traffic.
Then it happened.
One wrong step was how it all went down. She stepped into the road too soon and got knocked down by a speeding motorbike. Both the rider and the woman came crashing down on the hard asphalt surface.
Is she dead? Will she make it? Mother and child were too petrified to find out.
This is a true-life story and the little kid was me. This event isn’t one of my favourite childhood memories but somehow, the details are always as fresh in my head as the day it happened. This is the first time I have witnessed a near-death situation up close.
Up to this day, the memory of that woman knocked down, sends cold shivers down my spine.
I often wonder, what if it was me and I wound up dead? What if my precious little life got snuffed out before it even began? What if mama didn’t hold my hand that night as we stood waiting to cross the road? What if I had wandered away from her side? That’s the big question, isn’t it? What if…?
Life is fragile. There is never a shortage of ways to die. One wrong step is all it takes to get knocked off the surface of the earth into eternity.
Entering the wrong bus might get you killed in an accident. Being in the wrong place could mark the end of your life. Even eating the wrong food could mean death. The bottom line is, you could die at any time, and that, my friend, is the most unpalatable truth about life.
Death is everywhere. You can’t run from it. When your time is up, one way or another, you’ll turn up dead whether you’re ready or not.
Have you ever thought about your death?
What if you sleep tonight and don’t wake up tomorrow like you always do? What if the owner of your life comes for it now? Are you prepared? Are you ready? I can almost sense you flinching at the thought of death. Don’t worry, it’s ok to be a little scared of dying.
Death is not a pleasant subject to talk about, and honestly, I’m a little surprised about why I feel led to start this book with the subject of death. I had written it without this chapter but somehow, it didn’t feel complete until I added this first part about death.
I would have felt better if I started with the subject of heaven. That’s a pleasant one, isn’t it? Everybody dreams of going to heaven when they die and spending eternity with the angels in the realm of unfathomable light.
But no! This little chapter is how I feel led to start this book. I guess it’s kind of ironic that a book on the pursuit of eternity will start with the subject of death. It’s more like poetic justice. Now that I think about it, it makes perfect sense. Death is where eternity begins.
I’m not going to pussyfoot around this subject so I’ll put it to you straight. You’re going to die someday except maybe Jesus returns before that day. It may even be today or sometime soon so you better be ready when that time comes.
Why does the thought of death scare people so much? I guess it’s because no one wants to die. Even those who feel so miserable about life to the point of committing suicide, at the point of death, as their life flashes before their eyes, wish they didn’t have to die. But eventually, we all do.
Some have the privilege to see it coming, others don’t. Some live to a full, ripe age and have enough time to prepare themselves before they die. They get all the time they need to train their kids, live out their dreams, write a will, and maybe even make peace with their enemies before they die. Others die in their prime, unprepared and not ready.
For some, life is a jolly ride to Eldorado. Those who share this ideology often live in the fast lane. This kind of people lives for fun. They never prepare themselves for eternity until they die suddenly and walk straight down to hell.
People die every day.
As of the year 2016, it was estimated that about one hundred and twenty people die worldwide every minute. Going by this, at least two people die every second. That number has geometrically increased since the Corona Virus Pandemic.
People keep dying everywhere yet no one feels comfortable talking about how to prepare for death. Death is a scary subject for many.
However, it is comforting to know that death is not the end of life. It is the beginning of another phase of life. At the point where a man drops dead, the spirit goes on to eternity. Where that eternity is spent would be the subject of another discussion.
I think about death quite often for someone of my age and honestly, it’s not something I look up to. But just in case it happens sooner than I expect, I want to be prepared.
I want to be welcome to heaven with a warm handshake and probably a big hug from Big Daddy, as a servant who kept the faith and finished his course.
When it’s all over for me, I don’t want to end in an unmarked grave, uncelebrated by the hosts of heaven. I don’t want to be ed as the fellow who got distracted and abandoned the race.
When I get called up to for my time on earth, I don’t want to be on the wrong side of God’s righteous judgment. This is the reason I pray almost every morning telling God to search the deepest parts of my heart, expose and uproot every lie, every deception and every evil. I say this prayer very often because I know I tend to think I’m getting it right with God even when I’m not.
Whether you like to think about it or not, one day, there’s going to be a funeral service – your funeral. Some people there will be truly sad you died and will mourn you from the depth of their heart, others will be happy you did. Both groups will eulogise you, or at least pretend to. But that will all be a formality because the real you, your spirit, will be long gone to its maker. How prepared are you for that day?
The world is gradually folding up and there’s nothing in it to enjoy anymore. The time is short.
When your name is eventually called up, which might happen sooner than you expect, you don’t want to be caught taking a nap. You’ll be better off ready and waiting.
Solomon was a man blessed with so much wisdom, understanding and wealth. With over a thousand women in his life and unquantifiable wealth at his disposal, he enjoyed all the pleasures of life to the fullest.
But at the latter stages of his life, he looked back at how he’d wasted his life and couldn’t help but refer to life as “vanity of vanities.” These three words summarise all there is to this life. All is vanity.
Every second you draw breath brings you closer to the moment of reckoning. This is the reason every second you live should be lived in preparation for life in eternity.
You are a pilgrim on a journey and this book will help you stay focused.

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He was just a normal kid.
Too young to understand life and its intricacies, too innocent to be bothered, and way too ignorant to care.
His mother held his tiny hand and stood by the shoulder of the highway as they waited to cross over to the other side.
Standing next to mother and child was a woman, completely oblivious of her fate the next minute.
It was dark. The moon wasn’t smiling down on them, with her warm smile illuminating the surroundings as usual. No Street lights. Just the lights of oncoming traffic.
Then it happened.
One wrong step was how it all went down. She stepped into the road too soon and got knocked down by a speeding motorbike. Both the rider and the woman came crashing down on the hard asphalt surface.
Is she dead? Will she make it? Mother and child were too petrified to find out.
This is a true-life story and the little kid was me. This event isn’t one of my favourite childhood memories but somehow, the details are always as fresh in my head as the day it happened. This is the first time I have witnessed a near-death situation up close.
Up to this day, the memory of that woman knocked down, sends cold shivers down my spine.
I often wonder, what if it was me and I wound up dead? What if my precious little life got snuffed out before it even began? What if mama didn’t hold my hand that night as we stood waiting to cross the road? What if I had wandered away from her side? That’s the big question, isn’t it? What if…?
Life is fragile. There is never a shortage of ways to die. One wrong step is all it takes to get knocked off the surface of the earth into eternity.
Entering the wrong bus might get you killed in an accident. Being in the wrong place could mark the end of your life. Even eating the wrong food could mean death. The bottom line is, you could die at any time, and that, my friend, is the most unpalatable truth about life.
Death is everywhere. You can’t run from it. When your time is up, one way or another, you’ll turn up dead whether you’re ready or not.
Have you ever thought about your death?
What if you sleep tonight and don’t wake up tomorrow like you always do? What if the owner of your life comes for it now? Are you prepared? Are you ready? I can almost sense you flinching at the thought of death. Don’t worry, it’s ok to be a little scared of dying.
Death is not a pleasant subject to talk about, and honestly, I’m a little surprised about why I feel led to start this book with the subject of death. I had written it without this chapter but somehow, it didn’t feel complete until I added this first part about death.
I would have felt better if I started with the subject of heaven. That’s a pleasant one, isn’t it? Everybody dreams of going to heaven when they die and spending eternity with the angels in the realm of unfathomable light.
But no! This little chapter is how I feel led to start this book. I guess it’s kind of ironic that a book on the pursuit of eternity will start with the subject of death. It’s more like poetic justice. Now that I think about it, it makes perfect sense. Death is where eternity begins.
I’m not going to pussyfoot around this subject so I’ll put it to you straight. You’re going to die someday except maybe Jesus returns before that day. It may even be today or sometime soon so you better be ready when that time comes.
Why does the thought of death scare people so much? I guess it’s because no one wants to die. Even those who feel so miserable about life to the point of committing suicide, at the point of death, as their life flashes before their eyes, wish they didn’t have to die. But eventually, we all do.
Some have the privilege to see it coming, others don’t. Some live to a full, ripe age and have enough time to prepare themselves before they die. They get all the time they need to train their kids, live out their dreams, write a will, and maybe even make peace with their enemies before they die. Others die in their prime, unprepared and not ready.
For some, life is a jolly ride to Eldorado. Those who share this ideology often live in the fast lane. This kind of people lives for fun. They never prepare themselves for eternity until they die suddenly and walk straight down to hell.
People die every day.
As of the year 2016, it was estimated that about one hundred and twenty people die worldwide every minute. Going by this, at least two people die every second. That number has geometrically increased since the Corona Virus Pandemic.
People keep dying everywhere yet no one feels comfortable talking about how to prepare for death. Death is a scary subject for many.
However, it is comforting to know that death is not the end of life. It is the beginning of another phase of life. At the point where a man drops dead, the spirit goes on to eternity. Where that eternity is spent would be the subject of another discussion.
I think about death quite often for someone of my age and honestly, it’s not something I look up to. But just in case it happens sooner than I expect, I want to be prepared.
I want to be welcome to heaven with a warm handshake and probably a big hug from Big Daddy, as a servant who kept the faith and finished his course.
When it’s all over for me, I don’t want to end in an unmarked grave, uncelebrated by the hosts of heaven. I don’t want to be ed as the fellow who got distracted and abandoned the race.
When I get called up to for my time on earth, I don’t want to be on the wrong side of God’s righteous judgment. This is the reason I pray almost every morning telling God to search the deepest parts of my heart, expose and uproot every lie, every deception and every evil. I say this prayer very often because I know I tend to think I’m getting it right with God even when I’m not.
Whether you like to think about it or not, one day, there’s going to be a funeral service – your funeral. Some people there will be truly sad you died and will mourn you from the depth of their heart, others will be happy you did. Both groups will eulogise you, or at least pretend to. But that will all be a formality because the real you, your spirit, will be long gone to its maker. How prepared are you for that day?
The world is gradually folding up and there’s nothing in it to enjoy anymore. The time is short.
When your name is eventually called up, which might happen sooner than you expect, you don’t want to be caught taking a nap. You’ll be better off ready and waiting.
Solomon was a man blessed with so much wisdom, understanding and wealth. With over a thousand women in his life and unquantifiable wealth at his disposal, he enjoyed all the pleasures of life to the fullest.
But at the latter stages of his life, he looked back at how he’d wasted his life and couldn’t help but refer to life as “vanity of vanities.” These three words summarise all there is to this life. All is vanity.
Every second you draw breath brings you closer to the moment of reckoning. This is the reason every second you live should be lived in preparation for life in eternity.
You are a pilgrim on a journey and this book will help you stay focused.

Interesting book.

Like rain or harmattan we have it whether ready or not.

Everyone has to be prepared for eternity and this book would help you do that.