Ramblings of a Retired Mind

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’ Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.” And when Jesus finished these sayings, the crowds were astonished at his teaching, for he was teaching them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes. (Matthew 7:21-29 ESV). Just recently I received the following “ramblings of a retired mind” from a friend of mine. They are pretty funny, however they also lead us to an important truth. Before we get to that, read them:  I was thinking about how a status symbol of today is those cell phones that everyone has clipped on. I can't afford one so I'm wearing my garage door opener.  You know, I spent a fortune on deodorant before I realized that people didn't like me anyway.  It might help if women put pictures of missing husbands on beer cans!  I was thinking about old age and decided that it is when you still have something on the ball but you are just too tired to bounce it.  I thought about making a fitness movie for folks my age and call it "Pumping Rust."  I have gotten that dreaded furniture disease. That’s when your chest is falling into your drawers!  You know when people see a cat's litter box, they always say, "Oh, do you have a cat?" Just once I wanted to say, "No, it's for company!"  Employment application blanks always ask who is to be notified in case of an emergency. I think you should write, "A Good Doctor!"  Why do they put pictures of criminals up in the Post Office? What are we supposed to do . . . write to these men? Why don't they just put their pictures on the postage stamps so the mailmen could look for them while they delivered the mail?  I was thinking about how people seem to read the Bible a whole lot more as they get older then it dawned on me... They were cramming for their finals. As for me, I'm just hoping God grades on the curve. Maybe there is some need to “cram” for the final, although the real key is not in the final “test.” After it is all said and done, there will only be one criterion that will be evaluated. If you have built your life on the solid foundation of faith in Christ you will have eternal life. You will have passed the “final exam.” What kind of foundation are you building on?