Reading His Own Obituary

Reading His Own Obituary 

One morning while Alfred Nobel was reading the paper,
he was shocked to discover his own obituary.

Someone at the newspaper had obviously made a great
error and falsely reported that he had died. You might
say that Nobel was given a luxury that few people will
ever receive: a chance to see what's said about him
after his death. 

The obituary primarily remembered him as the man who
had invented dynamite, which had been used as a weapon
of warfare, killing thousands. It turned his blood to
ice to think that above all his other accomplishments
in life, he would be remembered as the man who gave the
world its most destructive weapon. Then and there, he
determined that he would make some changes in his life.
Nobel made a personal vow: "From this day forward, I
will dedicate my life to the pursuit of peace." Creator
of the Nobel Peace Prize, today when we hear of Alfred
Nobel, we no longer think of dynamite, but of peace.

THOUGHT: As you examine your spiritual life, how would
you describe it? Would you describe yourself as strong?
Weak? About to give up? Before you become discouraged
and fall out of the race entirely, give it one more
shot. Put everything you have into it. Give it your
all, or one day you may wake up and realize that you
wasted and squandered the resources and potential God
placed within you.

  - By Greg Laurie. Cited on KneEmail.
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