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The Rapture and Me

The Rapture and My Life (Your Life, Too)

On Saturday I found myself at the baby shower of my best friends, Latron and Rosy. It was a beautiful event and I found myself sitting there and thinking “What if Harold Camping was right, and the world ended?”

This simple question got me thinking of my life to that point. Was I ready for the end? What had I achieved? What dreams of my youth had I realized?

And I realized that my life although filled with adventures and plenty of fun really amounted to just that. I really had not done anything of substance. I had not created anything that could help mankind. I had not become President like my grandmother told me I would be. I had not cured cancer like my mother hoped. And I never pitched in the Major Leagues like I told everyone in my neighborhood I would do.

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I had essentially lived a decadent life of traveling and partying.

Yeah, I have been on the radio. Made a couple of appearances on Cable television but really, that is it. I have never broken 100 in golf. I've never run a 5-minute mile. I missed the one dunk I ever attempted in a game. And I never pitched a perfect game. (Although, in my senior year of high school I threw two one hitters, but walked several batters).

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Yeah, the rapture showed me that my live was uneventful and I have probably wasted a lot of time. But all is not lost. I still have time because the world did not end and I am only 46 years old. So what do I do?

I am now living in a way that will attract the perfect partner, a partner that can prepare me for that last day, a partner whom I can love and build a lasting eternal love that will transcend time and escape the rapture through its purity and truth.

So now I am on a mission. I am going to commit myself to get prepared for the real end of the world-that day and time that God takes me away from here.

I want to pitch that perfect game and dunk the ball in a real game. I want to cure cancer and become president. Is it too late? Who knows. But I will tell you this-it’s not too late to try. It’s not too late to raise a son or daughter who will do those things. And that is what I learned.

So Harold Camping, thank you my friend. Thank you for showing me that the rapture did in fact come.

My world ended Saturday evening around 6:30 p.m.

And I am now with my God living differently each day and each hour, for I know not the minute or the day but I do know I can do better to prepare for that time.  Before you ridicule Harold Camping, give some thought to the question of “Were you ready if the world ended Saturday?”

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