GOODBYE OR GOOD NIGHT (THE END)

The next morning, I awoke at the sound of my mother's scream, and as I and my siblings rushed to my parents room, there he was, with a smile on his face, my father was gone. He had slept the deep sleep to awake on that glorious morning when Christ comes and as I looked at the smile on my father's face, that was when it dawned on me, "thank you Lord for this last gift". I fell on my knees and wept, not because father was gone, but because I wasted so much time in giving him this gift, because he was never going to be around to teach me and groom me and help me in my walk with God, but as I wept, I heard a voice say you put that smile on his face and that is enough.
Even though I wanted more, I remembered a story in the bible of how there would be joy in heaven for one soul saved and I smiled, because I knew then that father was going to have a grand welcome party and that was because I said Yes Lord,  because I said Goodnight and not Goodbye.

So my dear friend, I know now, that Christ is real, and I know with all my heart that He loves each and every single one of us, and that Love is inexplicable, its one that you have to experience yourself and no matter how grievous you think your sin might be, His love is available, He's loved you, still loves you and would keep loving you, because now i know, that its not the sinner he hates, but the sin. "For while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us". His love is unconditional and all He wants is for us to come to the knowledge of His love and live in that knowledge. Living your life for Christ may not be all rosy, heck, its not easy at all, but in the end, its worth it, everyday, before you go to bed, you'll know that its worth it and believe me, you can't say I would eventually, because your eventually may come before you know it. There's no need to waste any time again. Just do it already and begin to live as a King or Queen in the Palace of God. Christ is waiting not just to be your Saviour, but to be your Father, a Friend and your Lover.

This  wonderful piece was done by a guest writer named Ibifaa Douglas. She is a vibrant youth who loves God, story writing and service to humanity.