Death

    Death is something that many people don’t want to talk about unless it is absolutely necessary.  Yet it seems that death is monopolizing the news the past few weeks.  The recent shootings in El Paso, Texas and in Dayton, Ohio just adds to the list of senseless murders.  Now they are speculating that perhaps the killings in Dayton had to do with the suspect targeting his sister, who was one of the victims.

     It is hard enough for us to deal with the death of a person who has lived a very long life and now their body simply ceases to function.  They die from what we refer to as “natural causes.”  However, there is nothing “natural” about death.  Humans were originally created to live forever.  We have the mental capacity to ponder and meditate on the possibilities of what may yet be in store for use hundreds, even thousands, of years into the future.

     When we lose someone who has been sick or perhaps they are in an accident of some type, it tears at the fabric of our hearts to think that we will not see their smiling faces again.  Nor will we hear their delightful voices.  No longer will we be able to include them within our family arrangements except by mentioning them as fond memories.   

     But when someone we love is torn away from us by the unthinkable mass killing attacks as we have had recently, the very essence of our being is ripped from our guts.  We feel that a part of us has also been taken away and will never be made right again.  And in some sense this is very true.  Our loved one is gone!  Perhaps they had only gone out for a few hours of shopping or maybe to enjoy a meal with friends.  Some will say they were in the wrong place at the wrong time.  This is true, however, it doesn’t lighten the heavy feeling of lose that overwhelms us at the time.

     The Bible doesn’t differentiate the type of death that we or our loved ones may suffer when it states that death is our enemy.  This is so true.  When we become slightly ill we are doing all that we can to get ourselves better.  When the condition worsens we are insanely at times looking for a cure so that we can live.  None of us wants to die! 

     However, until our Creator puts into action the arrangements made by means of the Messianic Kingdom in the hands of Christ Jesus we must wait and deal with these grave tragedies the best we can.  This is not always easy, because we’re only human!     

QUOTE TO CONSIDER

THOUGHTFUL GEM

"Do what you can today to improve your life

 and the lives of others.

Tomorrow we may die and no longer have the chance 

to touch the heart of someone else."