The Downsizing

This is your Official Notice - 

Like it or not...Believe it or not.- 

and you probably would rather 

not think about it this way but 

here it is anyway....you will be 

Downsizing your Primary Residence -

whatever that might be right now -

and it'll go something like this...

house...apartment...room...bed...

and finally.....Coffin / Urn - and

Nope...you won't need all those 

expensive things you're so proud of...

cars...boats...vacation home...

fancy fashions...won't need those 

golf clubs...uh uha..no room for 

all those trophies you spent your

life striving after...maybe you'll be 

in a few fading pictures in someone's 

photo album whenever it's taken out 

of it's dusty closet space and get a 

few comments - hopefully pleasant 

ones -  but you won't notice anyway - 

you'll be in your tiny resting place...

oblivious....and Oh BTW....it could 

go from house to urn like...BOOM!! 

Yes it could..- not quite the Downsizing 

you had in mind eh? I'd say 99.9% of 

us don't think this way but nevertheless 

it actually is happening now   someplace

somehow with someone but then   we're 

ALL in one stage or another of Downsizing

to our Final Tiny Resting Place aren't we?...

Yep...Downsizing...So.. Question...You 

Ready for that? Because It's Coming...

maybe sooner than you think.....So...let's 

talk about 'Then what?" -  Realities that 

are Crucial to Address Now  - before it's 

too late - what's left of your physical body 

will be in your Final Tiny Resting Place 

BUT your Soul - that which makes you...

YOU...will - FOREVER - be either in 

the Bliss of Heaven or the Fires of Hell -

Everything in THIS life is temporary..

fleeting...passing...the NEXT Life is 

Eternal...and HOW you live in this life 

will determine WHERE you live in the 

next...Who decides that?...the Judge...

Jesus...the One Offered by the Father to 

take your sins upon Himself - Purely

out of His Personal Love for you and

pay their Just Punishment by His Death 

on the Cross  but then Rose to New Life 

and Offers that Eternal Gift to you if 

ONLY you Choose to Repent and Follow 

Him in THIS life...All the Injustices of 

this life will be Reconciled in the Next...

There will be Justice for ALL...But...

NOW is the time for Mercy / Forgiveness 

while you still have the Opportunity to 

Ask and Receive...so...Question....

ARE YOU READY TO BE JUDGED?

you can not believe any of this and 

go to hell first class...OR you can ..

Repent for your sins...Ask Forgiveness  - 

Give them to Jesus and end up in Heaven...

so What's it going to be?...so...while keeping 

Downsizing in mind and realizing that 

'not to choose is actually choosing'...Ask 

yourself...Am I ready to meet Him face 

to Face? Because then it will be either 

Heaven or Hell...it is THAT STARK...

Light or Darkness... Joy or Pain...Love 

or Hate...Jesus or Satan...Don't Wait to 

Decide because...it might be BOOM!....so

NOW IS THE TIME OF SALVATION... 

Reflection / Discussion:

- How does John 3: 16-18 relate to this poem?

- Describe what 'Downsizing' means in this poem?

- Describe your feelings after you've read this poem?

- What have you been striving after in life?

- Where does Jesus fit in?

- What stage are you in?

- Why is 'not choosing actually choosing'?

- What does it mean to Choose Jesus as your Lord and Savior?

- How should you nourish this Relationship each day?

- A Simple Prayer of Commitment: 'Lord Jesus, Thank you for the Gift of Salvation...I ask your 

  Forgiveness for all my sins and I ask you to be my Personal Lord and Savior. Help me to Follow

  you Faithfully by the Power of your Holy Spirit. I Love you and desire to be with you Forever'