The Inestimable Worth of a Single Grain of Sand

Try to picture this:  a beach, a big beach that just goes on and on, so far that you can’t make out the end of it.  Can you see it?  Okay, in your mind, reach down and pick up a grain of sand.  Study it.  Small and light, right?  Now, while rolling that grain of sand between your fingers, look around at the beach that it came from.  In your mind’s eye, look up the beach, look down the beach.  What do you see?  Sand, lots and lots of sand.  Can you even begin to imagine how many individual grains of sand make up that beach?  I’m sure that someone somewhere could actually calculate that number; but for now, let’s pretend that we can, too.  Okay.  Now, multiply the grains of sand you’ve calculated by the total of all the beaches in all the world.  Whew, that’s a bunch of grains of sand!

Now for a little analogy.  Let’s say that those grains of sand represent time.  Furthermore, one grain of sand represents one lifetime; so a gazillion grains of sand would amount to a long, long time.  We could then say that eternity would amount to more than all the time represented by all the grains of sand on all the beaches in all the world.  Because eternity is forever and ever and ever, without end.

Even if we live to be 120 years old, our time on earth is so short compared to eternity.  So, just keeping our lives in perspective would enable everyone to get along so much better.  There’s really no time for fussing and fighting, holding grudges and unforgiveness.

Don’t put it off any longer.  Make apologies and seek forgiveness, both from your neighbor (which is everyone you know) and from God, who is ready and willing to forgive.  ‘If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.’    1 John 1:9.

Then come and meet the Savior.  ‘Jesus said, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.” ’ John 14:6.

‘For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.’  John 3:16.

Just one life, twill soon be past.  Only what’s done for Christ will last.

Greatest book of all time

When I consider the books I have read, its not hard to pick the one that has had the greatest effect on me.  Without a doubt it’s the Bible.  When the printing press was invented, what was the first book to be put into print?  The Gutenberg Bible. This book has stood the test of time, in fact it’s the number one best-seller of all time.  Before the advent of the printing press, dedicated men spent a large portion of their lives carefully copying the pages of this wonderful book.  I should say books, since the Bible is in fact a collection of books, 66 in all.

Why do I consider the Bible the greatest book of all time?  Because within its pages can be found the answers to the greatest problems facing mankind.  Like, What am I doing here?  What is my purpose?  What does God want from me?  Does God really care about me?  What happens to us when we die?  What does Jesus Christ mean to me?  Why did He come to earth, and why did He have to die?  Want to know what is right and what’s wrong?  It’s in there.  Want to know how to treat your spouse?  Check.  Want help raising your kids?  Got you covered.  How about help with your finances?  Yep.

If the Bible wasn’t worth reading, brave people would not risk their lives to read it or share it.  And yes, that is happening today.  Despots try to outlaw it.  Foolish people mock it.  Yet, in spite of it all, the Bible perseveres; because within its pages are found truth and life and hope and salvation and love and encouragement.

Have you ever read the Bible?  If it’s been a while, why not dust it off and give it another look.  And if you haven’t, you owe it to yourself to read the greatest book of all time.

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