Day 19            Read: Luke 16:19-31
         
          At the moment of your death, when your spirit takes
         its departure,            
 
             --if it is filled with God’s love, it will
               rise to God.
             --if it is empty of God’s love, it will sink
               to the fires of Hades.
         
                  And the Love in you which will lift
                  you into the Realm of Light
         
                     is not a matter of words and
                     feelings.
         
                      It is a matter of how you treat
                     your brother.
 
         “He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.”
          And the brother you are to love is not just your
          relatives or your dear friend
         
                 but the man who needs you,
                  the “Lazarus” God lays at your gate.       
                  He may be repulsive.
                  You may have nothing in common.
                  Maybe he needs money.
                Perhaps she just wants you to sit
                        and talk with her.
                It may be someone in your own home
                        you’ve begun to take for granted.
         
         This “Lazarus” who waits by the gate of your life
         (in one form or another) every day
         
             is the test as to whether beneath the purple
             and fine linen of your religion you have a
             Godly heart. Watch for him today.