There is a story of a town in Maine that was bought out, and was going to become the site of a great hydroelectric plant. A dam would be built across the river and the town submerged under water. When the project was announced, the people were given many months to arrange their affairs and relocate. During those months, a curious thing happened. All improvements ceased. No painting was done. No repairs were made on the buildings, roads, or sidewalks. People knew how pointless investing in their current lives within that town would be. For in a few short months, the town would be destroyed and everything in it would be gone. What a terrible investment to invest anything at all into their current life in that town. How pointless to spend anything making their short time there more comfortable. Instead, suddenly everything they invest in is for their future life in the new place they will move.
I also think how suddenly all the stresses of anything that has to do with life within that town, suddenly vanishes. The little stresses that are wrapped up in a life in that town can no longer exist, because the reality is, none of it matters anymore. The weight of things that people were worried about for their lives there, no longer have any weight. Likewise, you are no longer concerned with the concerns you had about your life in this town. Instead, you look ahead and begin thinking of things that will affect your future life.
This is the reality overtaking my new life in Christ.
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