Tip of the iceberg... (Chp 4)

I've found that there are mainly three types of people in this world. There are big picture people, people who step back and see what effect this little puzzle piece has in the overall picture, sometimes missing the detail in the piece. There are here and now people, people who get so involved in finding the place of the one little puzzle piece that they focus on a detail in the picture and forget the big picture. The third kind of people are the in betweeners, those who choose which view best suits the moment or the situation. I don't know which of these three perspectives is better or which is more effective in life or which is what God wants.

I do know that what we do here and now, the little details all inclusive, will show up later as part of the big picture, our lifetime, our preparation for the afterlife. And the details will be there as will the whole picture, we can't pick and choose. So whatever your outlook is on life, its probably incomplete. We fail to see that the little details affect the big picture. We cant ignore the little things and say look at the big picture and we cant ignore the big picture and say look at the details of the here and now, and most certainly picking and choosing what best suits the moment is like running away from the reality of things.

The reality is this world is finite, everything in it has an end; living or inanimate, it will all be destroyed at some point in time. However, while our bodies will perish our souls will join our Father in heaven or be damned to hell, based on what we do with the here and now. We have an eternal life that awaits us, we don't even have to earn it, its been paid for when Jesus' blood was unjustly spilled on the cross. All we have to do is believe that Jesus died for our sins and act on that belief. You don't pig out on dinner when u know your favorite dessert is coming up. We do not indulge our bodies and minds in everything they want from this life, because in doing so, we will surely not be having any dessert, our afterlife in heaven.

This life is described as the tip of the iceberg. While what we get in life may be great and fun and entertaining, what we don't see at this point is our eternal lives with our Father, the bit of the iceberg underwater. IT'S MASSIVE!!! There is no comparing this life with the our afterlife, don't let the chance to feel such intense love and joy be lost. Every instant we have in life is an opportunity for the afterlife. Every instant.