Tonight I was at a funeral home to see the family of a local 17 year old girl that just passed away.
Again…a 17 year old girl that died on Saturday.
NO ONE SAW THAT COMING! Her mom and dad did not see it coming. Her friends in school did not see it coming. Her teammates did not see it coming. Her grandparents did not see it coming. No one had any idea in the world that she was about to die.
IT WAS PROBABLY THE FURTHEST THING FROM THEIR MINDS. JUST LIKE YOU (OR YOUR LOVED ONE) DYING WAS PROBABLY THE FARTHEST THING FROM YOUR MIND TODAY.
“…yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.” James 4:14
“And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment,” Hebrews 9:27
Are you ready? You could stand before Jesus sooner than you think.
(I must say that I do not know of much else that speaks as loudly and mightily as seeing a beautiful 17 year old lying in a casket.)