Life As an Afterschool Special

Each day we live we get another step closer to dying.

The reality of this statement hit me hard yesterday as I went to two funerals in a row.

Two different young lives cut down by the carelessness of a drunk driver on Christmas day.

The services were amazing.

And I cried.

I was heartbroken.

But my tears were more for the family and friends who had to let go, who had to face life without their loved ones, then for the deaths themselves.

Because I know these boys knew Jesus. And I know today, right now, at this very minute, they are in heaven.

The bible says to be absent from the body is to be present with God. And that in heaven He will remove all of their sorrows, and there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain. For the old world and its evils will be gone forever.

There is such a peace that comes from truly knowing the Lord.

There is such comfort even in the darkest moments because we know that there is something so much greater at work.

The Bible says “Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal”

Brandon and Josh saw the unseen.

They put their hope in something greater then themselves.

They lived each moment like it counted, and today they are in heaven.

There is an even greater tragedy then being killed by a drunk driver on Christmas day or then dying at a young age. While these things are awful, and even indescribable, a greater tragedy is living your life without the peace and hope that only God can bring.

We will all die someday.

Tomorrow is not promised to anyone.

It could have been any one of us in that car that night.

And it wouldn’t matter if you were a good person or you had money or talent or you had many friends.

At that moment, when the life left your body all that would matter is if you know God, and you were known by him.

Just something to think about, because every day we live we get another step closer to dying.