For some reason today I was thinking about judgment day. It's funny how things like that pop into my head. One minute I'm singing the wrong words to a song on the radio and then I'm thinking about judgment day. Anyway, as many of you are aware, I had a near death experience not too long ago. Actually, it was a death experience where I was looking down on my body in a casket. Then I was transported in a bright white light to Heaven. When I got there, I was met by Jesus who told me that it wasn't my time to die yet and that I needed to go back to earth and tell others of His love. Just as I was leaving to return to my earthly body, Jesus said, "Oh, and when you go back, be sure to tell Paula Dean to stop using the "N" word."
Looking back, I knew there was something that I forgot to do...(Sorry Paula) So getting back to this judgment day stuff, I believe that one day we will all stand before God; giving an account of our lives. That's right; St. Peter is going to roll out the old movie projector and up on the screen will be the story of our lives. I've often thought about what it will be like when my name is called. I'll be standing there eating my popcorn and trying to recover from the grilling that the guy in front of me just got when good old St. Peter will say something like, "Well God, Billy Kirby used the Lord's name in vain 839,486 times in his life..." Startled, I'll drop my popcorn and say something like, "What? 839,486 times? Jesus Chr...."
You know, I have no idea why things pop into my head. I was telling someone recently that I think my brain is too full. Just like a computer, maybe my brain needs to be wiped clean and reformatted. The problem is that my cranium is so full of needless information like the theme song from Gilligan's Island or The Beverly Hillbillies, so that, when I try to think about important stuff like judgment day my brain automatically sends everything over to the joke section of the brain where my brain makes fun of any new thoughts or information.
I realize that the topic of judgment day is serious stuff and that some people get offended when I make light of God, the Bible, or when I write about sitting at a cookout with Jesus. My goal is to look at life and to remind myself from time-to-time that life is too serious to be taken seriously. I'll leave the serious stuff to a more qualified man of God like my good friend, Pastor Tim.
Be Well.
Bill
