“As if Thou hadst sealed my pardon with Thy blood” ends a poem written by a man torn between an obsession with death and a true understanding of the afterlife. Caught up in man’s oldest paradox, John Donne creatively expresses his reverence for God through poetry in his Holy Sonnet 7: At the Round Earth’s Imagined Corners (Donne). Being raised a devout Pentecostal, I clearly recognize that by bringing together events predicted in the …showed first 75 words of 1016 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1016 total…conscious embedded deep in my memory jumps out at me reminding me to pray and repent “for that’s as good / As if Thou hadst sealed my pardon with Thy blood”. In this time of turbulence and confusion when terrorism is at our back door, we all need to remember, that whatever your religion, now is the time to get yourself right and be ready for eternity. “No man knows what tomorrow may hold” (Unknown).