We lost a dear friend last week in a car accident. It's a reminder of the brevity of life. James reminds us, Now listen, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money." Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Instead, you ought to say, "If it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that." (James 4:13-15)
Our neighbor passed away a couple of days ago. He was well-known and thought of in NA. The family has had tons of visitors at their house ever since. Cars have been lined up and down the road. I told Beth last night as we maneuvered through the car-filled street that I hoped there are a lot of cars in front of my house when I die.
My nephew has been in the hospital in critical condition this week. He has flirted with death a couple of times due to his poor health. We're not completely sure about his condition right now. He continues to need our prayers.
So, guess what's been on my mind lately? Death. We've been talking about heaven on Sundays at TrueNorth. I think we are all going to be surprised at how wonderful and awesome heaven will be. The loss of friends is a reminder to me that we don't live in the land of the living on our way to the land of the dying. Instead, we live in the land of the dying and we are going to the land of the living. Our stop here on earth is brief. Remember, we are aliens here but we are citizens of heaven.
For our citizenship is in heaven, from which also we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ; who will transform the body of our humble state into conformity with the body of His glory, by the exertion of the power that He has even to subject all things to Himself - (Philippians 3:20-21).
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