The Lord has the sovereign right to dictate how human lives should be regulated. We ought to want to honor our Creator and lovingly serve him. Any person who does not acknowledge this truth lives as a rebel and flaunts the very reason for his existence. How tragic it is, though, that many use their lives in a vain, egotistical fashion. Too many entertain the views of the infidel poet William E. Henley, as expressed in his haughty composition Invictus.
Life is a period of preparation for eternity.
In the Lord's parable of the wise and foolish virgins, the key element that separated the two groups was that of preparation. There is no purgatory in which one can expiate his sins. Comment on this article. For our article usage policy, please see this Copyright Notice . This story was originally published on March 16, 2001.