What's important in this whole Christian thing?

So you go to buy a car, they're telling you all the advantages of purchasing that new car. They show you all the features, all the bells and whistles and all teh miles per gallon information. All of that is cool, and all of that is important in some ways but usually we go to the car lot looking for a specific car. And, if you're looking for a new car, it's having the new car that you really focus on. You aren't that inthralled by the dvd players, 3 way air condition settings, power everything you can imagine, sirius radio, 5 disc cd changer, alloy wheels and so on..... You're mostly wanting a new car that is exactly what you want.
When I took Tara to look for a new vehicle 9 years ago(yes my truck is about that old) we went there knowing exactly what we wanted. We wanted something that(at that time) 3 or more of us could ride in comfortably but that would tow the race car for us. We got an extended cab truck. Then just last summer we went to buy Tara something new and we bought a Suburban because our family, and our travel group has expanded quite a bit. We knew when we went to the different lots what we wanted, and exactly what we wanted the outcome to be and we didn't settle until we met that criteria.
When it comes to witnessing and talking about being a Christian we all too often fluff it up with the whole idea of eternal life. We ask people if they want to go to heaven when they die, we tell them they can have eternal life, but we leave out what I believe is the most important aspect of being a born again believer. The personal relationship with the Creator of all things.
1 John 1:7 tells us to, "walk in the light as He is in the light." We need to walk in the light, and sell this all so often left out aspect of being a Christian. The opportunity to have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. To have someone there with us through thick and thin, through every trial, and in every triumph. To never be alone, ever again in any circumstance no matter how lonely the world tells us we are. To have and to cultivate this life of being "in the light" and to have it culminate with our death. To know that the relationship we have worked so hard to have will be finalized and never corrupted by sin again upon our entry to heaven. Tht is what it is all about, about a relationship with a Savior and the opportunity to have perfect relations in Heaven. That's what I long for, in his book "Desiring God" John Piper asks the question, "If you died and went to heaven, and JEsus wasn't there would you be satisfied?" That question should be answered with a resounding NO!
We should long to be with Him, and not just in some place that would be empty and meaningless without Him.
So the next time you're witnessing, or even thinking about witnessing, think about what aspect is most important and make sure that person gets those aspects and not just the avoiding Hell portion of it.
Thanks for reading and have a great day!