Friday, June 19, 2009

"Transient guests are we"

A member of my former church recently passed away. Yesterday was the funeral. I was never close with him, but my parents and his family are pretty good friends. I remember seeing him around at church often, really nice guy. God bless him and his family.

Death is always sad, but it's especially unsettling when it happens so close and so suddenly. There's no way of preparing for it; you don't wake up thinking, "Today I'm going to die" or "Today someone close to me will die." I mean really... This guy woke up, just going about his business, and it was over.

God is absolutely sovereign over everything and death makes that abundantly clear. Our lives, our plans, nothing belongs to us. We are transient guests here - foreigners in a strange land. Be thankful and never take anything for granted.