The Amaranthine Poet

Meloncholy

April 29, 2007 on 9:31 am | In Everything | 25 Comments

Melancholic is the most accurate way to describe the bite in the air today. Why?

Well, one reason being, I found out today that one of my favorite math teachers, Mr.

Rodriguez from my old high school (Vista Del Lago) has died. It is incredible, I almost did

not believe it when I heard it. Not only that, but ten other people within the school district

has died within the same week. One thing I am realizing, or really actually acknowledging

about death, is that it is so spontaneous. Anyone- you, me, him, her…can and will die in an

instant, and it will be a shock to everyone around us, even if it was expected.

For those of you who know me…imagine if I was shot tomorrow and died, wouldn’t

that come as a shock to you? One minute I am alive and present, the next minute I am

dead, and eternally absent from your presence (unless you go to heaven, because that is

where I’ll be, with my Jesus). It just makes me really think about the people who continue to

push Jesus away. He calls and he calls for you to come and live abundantly, with the

promise of everlasting peace, joy and bliss in heaven with him, so that you can escape

from hell (1 Peter 3-9), but you keep saying, “Tomorrow, tomorrow I will follow you.” Well,

as it has been made inevitable in the ten lives that have been lost this month, tomorrow is

not promised. If you die tonight, then tomorrow has not come for you and you will perish

with your sin. The same goes for the people who once knew Jesus and then turned away

from him to go and return to their sinful ways, or who have given into evil desires and have

given up on God because sin is “easier”. The bible says that, “If they have escaped the

corruption of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ and are again

entangled in it and overcome, they are worse off at the end then they were at the

beginning. It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness,

then to have known it and then to turn their backs on the sacred command that was

passed on to them. Of them the proverbs are true,’a dog returns to its vomit,’ and,’A sow

that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud.’” (2 Peter 2:20-22). Remember,

heaven is a perfect place. There is no sin allowed in heaven, no sin can prosper before

God. None of us our perfect because our souls are blemished with the sins that became

our nature once Adam and Eve took sin into our lineage. However, God is offering to purify

us with the blood of a perfect, unblemished sacrifice (himself).

I know I say this a lot, I practically carry this message on my back, but it is so

absolutely vital that the gospel be reached throughout the nations. So many people are told

the wrong things (like my friend who was led to believe hell is just a place of intense

boredom). Most people don’t understand or comprehend the gravity of literal evil and fire.

In fact, I was at the beach the other day with a whole bunch of friends having a bonfire and

all I could think of was how it would feel to be a piece of wood in that fire. You might laugh

at that, but its true. What is even more sad, is that most people have no idea what the holy

spirit is, or cannot even begin to understand the power, the glory, the freedom and the

hope that lies in Jesus. Jesus says, where the spirit of the Lord is, their is freedom (2

Corinthians 3:17). This message is so important, to this day, thousands of devout

Christians are being murdered, tortured and killed as martyrs for spreading the gospel of

Jesus around the world. Who knows, maybe one day, I will be one of those martyrs. I hope

it doesn’t come to that, but all I know is I will never denounce the name of Jesus or deny

him before any man or woman, not even to save my life. God says, “For whosoever will save

his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, the same

shall save it.(Mark 8:35)” Besides, as long as I am with my

Jesus when I die, nothing else in this world matters. Anyway, my prayers go out to Mr.

Rodriguez’s family and friends. I hope Mr. Lowe is okay, I know they were close friends.

Anyway, his cute smile will definitely be missed.