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b'\\u201cThere\\u2019s no time,\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d the voice on the radio says. \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153You must come now.\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d\\nI look around the cockpit of the spaceship\\u2014my spaceship. The control station, the thick, curved glass of the windows, the sleek engines quietly humming in the hull below\\u2014all of it is my design. I spent years building this spacecraft, painstakingly attending to each detail so it could do what no other ship has done. I put my heart and soul into this ship. How could I leave it behind?\\nBut then I look out the window at the black hole looming before me. A star-sized abyss that light itself cannot escape. Luminescent gas swirls around it, but the glow abruptly stops at the black hole\\u2019s edge as its inescapable gravity pulls everything around it into eternal darkness.\\nI can feel the black hole\\u2019s gravity wrapping around every cell of my body, pulling me closer. I thought my spacecraft would be able to withstand the gravity at this distance, but I was wrong. I\\u2019m being pulled in, speeding toward the darkness, and it\\u2019s only a matter of time before I\\u2019ll be swallowed up forever.\\n\\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153Your ship isn\\u2019t fast enough to escape this level of gravity,\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d the voice says. \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153But mine is.\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d\\nI turn to face the opposite window, where another spaceship hovers adjacent to mine. I can see the faint outline of a figure sitting in the cockpit. It must be the man whose voice is coming through my radio, telling me he can save me.\\nHe speaks again, his voice calm but firm. \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153You need to come aboard my ship now.\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d\\nI look at the screens and blinking lights around me. All my work\\u2014my ship, the data I\\u2019d collected, everything I\\u2019d accomplished to further human understanding of black holes\\u2014would be lost forever. But then I look out at the black hole again, feeling its gravity more acutely, and I realize it\\u2019s all going to be lost anyway. Nothing can escape a black hole.\\nExcept for this man, whose voice is crackling over my ship\\u2019s radio. He can escape it. Somehow, infinite gravity and darkness are no match for him.\\n\\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153Alright,\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d I say, turning my back on the computers, the cockpit\\u2014my whole life\\u2019s work. \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153I\\u2019m coming.\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d \\u2022 Courtney Lasater\\n\\u2022 According to Romans 6:23, we cannot escape the gravity of our sin, which leads to certain death. But Jesus can save us. He offers us the gift of eternal life! Romans 10:9 says, \\xe2\\u20ac\\u0153If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.\\xe2\\u20ac\\x9d\\n\\u2022 Have you ever given up something to follow Jesus? Was it worth it? \\n\\u2022 If you haven\\u2019t put your trust in Jesus, what is holding you back? You can come to God with your questions, frustrations, fears\\u2026anything. When we seek God, He reveals Himself to us (Jeremiah 29:13). Who are trusted Christians you could talk to about questions you have? \\n\\u2022 If you want to know more about who Jesus is and what He\\u2019s done, see our \\u201cKnow Jesus\\u201d page.\\nYes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. Philippians 3:8a (NLT)\\n\\xa0\\nRead Verses:\\nPhil.2.1-Phil.2.11|Jas.1.9-Jas.1.18'