Basic Instruction Before Leaving Earth

All Scripture is given by inspiration of God King James Version 2 Tim 3:16a

When you get together with friends and family what do you like to do? We are “a board game type of family”… everything from Monopoly, Risk, Life, Clue, Scrabble, to the ever-favorite Rumicube. Have you found that some people do not play by the same rules that your family does? Some people play that you have to have a discard tile in order to win the game of Rumicube. This is never good news to discover at the end of the game. You stand there cheering in victory, and suddenly everyone asks “where is your discard tile?” Yiikes.

Does your family leave the game instructions in the box for future reference, for times when clarification is needed? I think its a good idea. It is always smart to review a few of the basic rules before starting into anything, just to make sure that everyone is on the same page.

What guidelines do you have for living your life?
Did you come up with them yourself? Are they your family’s set of rules?
Where did you get them, how do you know that they are true?
Are they based on feelings and following your heart?

I remember the first time I heard the B.I.B.L.E. explained as Basic Instruction Before Leaving Earth, a reference manual for living, anything you may have a question about, is addressed in The Bible. All the answers, God's answers are there. I was stunned when I heard this, stunned that people believed this; but I have found it to be totally True. God did not leave us clueless, we have His Inspired Word for direction, instruction and right living. In my Catholic upbringing we did not read the Bible, that is changing thankfully, because it is tough to succeed when you don’t know what is expected. Someday Jesus Himself will stand before us and ask us about these lives we lived in the body here on Earth.

I want to know what HE SAID in His Book.
I want to know what to discard and what to hold on to.

For correct word-spelling you go to Webster’s Dictionary.
For correct truth-seeking you go to The Bible.
Your sources of reference must be correct.
If you’ve got the wrong book in your hand you will not succeed.

But we are in such a hurry and we think that we already know how to play…the world around us shouts… come on, let’s just play, we’ll figure it out as we go, hurry up, put that Bible down and get in the game. Yiikes.