Transition to Eternity

Today I went to the memorial service of a friend's mother. It was beautiful.. as the children and many others who knew her, recollected her life and all the significant things she did and the lives that she had impacted. Everyone mentioned that she had loved much, gave her time so selflessly to invest in others especially the young. It brought to my mind, that life is fleeting..
James 4:14
Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.

This also made me think, what would I like to be said at my funeral? How would I like to be remembered? Would I be remembered for making impact on people's lives? Would my life be worth eternally? That is why King Solomon so wisely wrote that is good to go to funerals and to reflect on life when we still have the time.
Ecclesiastes 7:2 (NLT)
Better to spend your time at funerals than at parties.
After all, everyone dies— so the living should take this to heart.

Many of us make plans - plans for a holiday, plans to marry, plans to have kids, plans to buy a home, plans for a career move, plans to even retire someday.. but do we have a transition plan for moving into eternity? Do we want to meet our Lord and Savior empty handed or do we want to walk over into eternity having done something of value for others and the Lord? Or are we living a life that has no eternal value?
Philippians 3:18-21
For, as I have often told you before and now say again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is on earthly things. But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.

As the famous saying goes "Soon this life as we know it shall pass. Only what’s done for Jesus will last." It is time to reflect on the worth of what we spend our time and energy on and re-prioritise and focus on what is unseen and eternal and of lasting value..
2 Corinthians 4:18
So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.