Today I am again reminded that life is short. Don't blink and miss it. A friend died last night of cancer. Praise God she is no longer in pain. She was just a couple years older than me and had suffered so, having been in a horrible accident years ago that broke nearly every bone in her body. She lived with pain and partial handicap for over 25 years, finally succumbing to cancer and dying in a nursing facility.
Another friend died nine days ago at age 92. His heart just plain wore out. But he had lived a life of relative health and died peacefully at home, surrounded by family.
Then there was a friend's daughter who was tragically killed in an accident in her 30s. Why?
We may never know. Our years and circumstances of death are mercifully not something we will ever know. But be assured, death comes sooner or later to us all. We need to be prepared in the only way we can. We need to have our Lord Jesus by our side. He is our peace, our savior, our only means to the Father. Fortunately all three of those precious souls above knew Jesus as their own. Do you?
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