The writer entered the field of public education while waiting for the Lord, knowing he had been called to the ministry. The Lord prospered him in this profession. The Lord did not give the green light to enter the ministry until he was fifty years of age. This was five years before retirement from the public school system and meant the loss of a considerable amount of money.

Having learned it is always wise to do what God commands, the writer left his profession immediately and accepted the pastorate of a church (which the Lord provided by a miracle). Time has proved the wisdom of the decision to obey the Lord.

We may or may not accomplish much of importance in the sight of man while we are living in the present world. But if we have pleased God by our life, even though we die as a child, our life has been of incalculable value in the sight of God—and this is all that truly matters. Do you agree?

Genuine accomplishment is part of eternal life.

Happy memories. Memory has an important role to play in eternal life. God controls which memories are to be removed and which are forced to be retained or permitted to be retained.

And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. (Revelation 21:4)

Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. (Isaiah 43:18)

That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes. (Isaiah 65:16)

For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. (Isaiah 65:17)

In order for God to wipe away all tears He will have to remove many memories from each of us so only memories that bring joy remain.

We are of the opinion that part of the torment in which the wicked will be confined will be memories that refuse to leave. It is impossible to faint or sleep in the spirit realm, so the wicked may be faced unceasingly with the deeds they have committed.

What if the abortion doctor keeps seeing for thousands of years the picture of aborted fetuses revolving before him and cannot blot out the sight? The murderer is forced to endlessly consider the vision of his victim pleading for mercy? The rapist keeps hearing the screams of the innocent person he has violated? The child molester hears the little one cry, "Please don't, please don't"—and for eternity witnesses the troubled emotional life that followed as the child became an adult and was unable to relate properly to his or her marriage partner?

What a torment would be the memory of facing an angry Christ who exclaimed, "You have disobeyed Me at every point. You have wasted your life. Depart into the outer darkness!"

The Scripture states we will receive the bad things we have done.

To be continued.