And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
The rich man and Lazarus: One was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day, the other was a beggar; but now in eternity, their roles are reversed multiplied by infinity. How important it is in this life to live for eternity. It’s too late for the rich man in today’s story, but it’s not too late for us. May God help us to always “do unto others as we would have others do unto us.”
1 minute x 365 days = 1 year of working your way through Bible passages from most NT chapters in chronological order and some from the OT.