The key to handling surprises is being prepared for what life can bring us and what death will bring.
LIFE'S SURPRISES COME TO ALL PEOPLE.
LIFE'S SURPRISES CONFUSE SOME PEOPLE.
LIFE'S SURPRISES CHANGE MOST PEOPLE.
Life is full of surprises. Surprise we’re pregnant. Surprise I bought you this gift. Surprise it’s your Birthday. Surprise I got the job. The list can go on and on. I suppose for some it will be a surprise when they die and find out where they end up. This is one surprise we don’t have to have. We can have the assurance of where we will spend eternity.
Here is a funny but true story:
In 1936 Ralph Neves, a famous jockey was riding his horse in a race at Bay Meadows. The horse tripped as he entered the stretch and threw Ralph headfirst into the rail. The track doctor rushed to his side, but he was too late. He could find no pulse; Ralph was dead. The ambulance came anyway and rushed Ralph Neves to the hospital. After several attempts to revive him, he was pronounced dead and covered with a sheet. The people at the racetrack were in shock. Ralph's wife had been called to meet with the president of the racetrack. The jockeys were taking a collection for the widow. Then, to everyone's complete surprise, Ralph Neves came walking into the clubhouse. The jockeys screamed, his wife fainted, and Ralph told his story. He said, "I knew I didn't feel dead, even if I was sore all over." He spoke out to the doctor through the draped sheet, so they rushed him on a gurney into a room. Ralph thought that was a waste, so he put on his clothes, rode to the track in a cab, and rode the horse, Instigator, in the seventh race that same day.
Now this is a surprise every “would be” widow would love to have but not many will get.
The Bible says: “I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life” (1 John 5:13).
The Bible also tells us: “For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16).
The answer is this: “believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved” (Acts 16:31).
Surprises will come to all of us as long as we are on this earth. Some we will like and some we will not. The surprises that come may be confusing, we may not understand the why’s and how’s. And certainly we will be changed by many of the surprises we encounter. Preparation is the key to handling life’s surprises. Prepare now for your final destination with as much energy and thought as you do preparing for marriage, having children, what occupation you desire, where you will live and then some. Every day is a test. Study the word of God so that you need not be ashamed—or surprised.
LIFE'S SURPRISES COME TO ALL PEOPLE.
LIFE'S SURPRISES CONFUSE SOME PEOPLE.
LIFE'S SURPRISES CHANGE MOST PEOPLE.
Life is full of surprises. Surprise we’re pregnant. Surprise I bought you this gift. Surprise it’s your Birthday. Surprise I got the job. The list can go on and on. I suppose for some it will be a surprise when they die and find out where they end up. This is one surprise we don’t have to have. We can have the assurance of where we will spend eternity.
Here is a funny but true story:
In 1936 Ralph Neves, a famous jockey was riding his horse in a race at Bay Meadows. The horse tripped as he entered the stretch and threw Ralph headfirst into the rail. The track doctor rushed to his side, but he was too late. He could find no pulse; Ralph was dead. The ambulance came anyway and rushed Ralph Neves to the hospital. After several attempts to revive him, he was pronounced dead and covered with a sheet. The people at the racetrack were in shock. Ralph's wife had been called to meet with the president of the racetrack. The jockeys were taking a collection for the widow. Then, to everyone's complete surprise, Ralph Neves came walking into the clubhouse. The jockeys screamed, his wife fainted, and Ralph told his story. He said, "I knew I didn't feel dead, even if I was sore all over." He spoke out to the doctor through the draped sheet, so they rushed him on a gurney into a room. Ralph thought that was a waste, so he put on his clothes, rode to the track in a cab, and rode the horse, Instigator, in the seventh race that same day.
Now this is a surprise every “would be” widow would love to have but not many will get.
The Bible says: “I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life” (1 John 5:13).
The Bible also tells us: “For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16).
The answer is this: “believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved” (Acts 16:31).
Surprises will come to all of us as long as we are on this earth. Some we will like and some we will not. The surprises that come may be confusing, we may not understand the why’s and how’s. And certainly we will be changed by many of the surprises we encounter. Preparation is the key to handling life’s surprises. Prepare now for your final destination with as much energy and thought as you do preparing for marriage, having children, what occupation you desire, where you will live and then some. Every day is a test. Study the word of God so that you need not be ashamed—or surprised.
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