Every moment of our lives, we are choosing for or against heaven. It is always a matter of life and death. An accountant’s job is to measure the value of the company, a charity, or some other association involving money. The value we are concerned with is worth in the eyes of God. The accountancy of life is measured in love. Love and law are not opposites, but good law is the fuel of love.
All you have to do is pay attention. When we get bored with life, it is because we don’t take the trouble to understand its meaning. Every moment of our life we are making decisions about how to live: the most important of all is the decision to look for God’s purpose in every moment of our lives, or the decision to ignore God. Life goes on. We are warned against looking for signs of the Lord’s return. Then again, it would be foolish to think that anything on this earth lasts forever. So Jesus is telling us to concentrate on the ordinary things of life, and to be at peace with our neighbor. He will come again; but He will come in His own good time.