Many of you have likely learned about infinity in math class. The basic idea is that any number you can come up with positive or negative can have a number following or preceding it respectively. Others of you may have discussed infinity in terms of philosophy, such as Hilberts Grand Hotel. I want to take a moment and think about infinity in relation to time and eternal destination (which is in its nature, an opinion on infinity).
Because of our limited position in time and space, it is hard to imagine what a timeless eternity will be like. We will be able to praise God literally forever. Another wonderful thing about eternity is that we will also be able to spend forever with other Christians.
-tangent story that brings me to this-
God has blessed Kayla and I so much, that it is obvious that we are to be serving Him in Butler County. He provided a place to rent from an incredibly nice old couple, He provided a car through some friends at church, we got all the furniture we needed and a dishwasher for extremely cheap to free, we got a washing machine for 25$, and a dryer for free. We responded to a Craigslist ad about a dryer, and I got a call the next day from an older man. Not recognizing the number, I figured it was one of the dozens of CEF contacts I had called in the past few days so I answered “Hello, Steven Tini, Child evangelism Fellowship.” The man asks what the organization is, and I explain to him that we are a para-church organization that reaches out to children with the Gospel. It turns out that he and his wife are both Christians, and they decided to give us the dryer for free. When we picked up the dryer, I had a chance to sit down with them to thank them for their kindness. We talked about Moody Bible institute (they listen to Moody Radio), life in Chicago, what I do in CEF, and various other things. They were very pleasant and it was wonderful to encourage them with what is going on in the ministry, and for them to bless us by providing a dryer.
Kayla and I are so extremely grateful for all the people who have been a blessing to us the past few weeks and months. In eternity, I will have an infinite amount of time to spend with each person who has been a blessing, an infinite amount of time talking to the people of the Bible, an infinite amount of time hearing the stories of every other Christian through the ages, and best of all, an infinite amount of time praising God from whom all blessings flow.
-Steven
While we are on the topic of eternity, I thought I would take the time to mention something that has been an encouragement to me this morning. Before heading out the door earlier today I took a minute to check my Facebook and I saw a status from one of our summer missionaries that said this:
"So thankful that I have the opportunity to not waste my summer by going places or spending worthless hours at the mall or with friends, but that I'm able to serve God with all my heart this summer. Looking at eternity instead of meaningless things. The reward is SO much greater."
After reading her status I had to stop and think to myself, do I have that kind of focus? Am I willing to joyfully give up things that give me brief pleasure in exchange for things that will matter for eternity? The very end of her status is really what I need to focus on, and really what every Christian should be focused on: Looking at eternity instead of meaningless things BECAUSE the reward is SO much greater! Lets all try living for that reward that surpasses anything that this world has to offer.
-Kayla
