I found an app called We Croak. It is not a game, a platform, or any kind of useful tool. We Croak is an app that reminds you that you are going to die.
For those interested, this app will send you five notifications throughout the day reminding you that everyone dies ("We croak," it says). With each alert comes a quote from a poet or philosopher with some allegedly profound thought to accompany this invited reminder of mortality.
I downloaded the app out of morbid curiosity, but I uninstalled it when I realized it costs $19.99 a year. People are actually paying twenty bucks for their phone to interrupt them five times a day telling them they will die.
I tried to find the positive element in this, so I will offer two. One, if you are not ready to die, this can be a good reminder to make any changes you need to make before it is too late. But don't wait for the next notification. They just become white noise after so long. If you do not know that heaven would be your home if you died today, you need to surrender your life to Jesus now while there is still time.
Second, for those of us who are ready to croak, we need to be reminded that there are people all around us who are not ready, and if they die today without Jesus they will be eternally separated from Him.
Maybe a reminder that we are going to die is a good thing, but I can save you the $19.99. Just read the New Testament, where Hebrews 9:27 says, "And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment."
We each have an appointment with death. We will croak, and the date of that event is already on God's calendar. There is nothing we can do to escape it, so we might as well be ready for it. We don't have to fear death if we are saved, because the worst thing death can do to us is bring us face to face with our Father in heaven.
Yes, we croak. But for the child of God, that begins our happily ever after.
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