A page in the 365 Stupidest Things Ever Said calendar had this amazing quote: "If you bought our course, 'How To Fly In Six Easy Lessons,' we apologize for any inconvenience caused by our failure to include the last chapter, 'How To Land Your Plane Safely.' Send us your name and address and we will send you the last chapter posthaste. Requests by estates will be honored."

I really can't imagine a pilot taking off in a plane without knowing how to land it. But then, crazier things than that have happened in our world.

I can imagine, though, that some people are "flying" through life without thinking about where they're headed and what will happen immediately after they die. They're like a college student who wrote, "I don't think about things until they happen. Death is still a long way away."

No matter what our age, we need to be thinking about the end of life now. Paul emphasized the urgency of this when he wrote, "Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation" (2 Cor. 6:2).

If you have never trusted in Christ, do it now! Then, when your flight through life is over, you can know that you'll land safely on heaven's shore.  — David C. Egner