This morning there was a massacre at an elementary school in Connecticut. Unfortunately similar tragedies like this happen so frequently that I’m no longer shocked. But honestly, this morning, my stomach churned hearing about this one because so many of the victims were young children around Elizabeth’s age. I imagined myself learning about this happening at her school, dropping whatever I was doing, and racing like a maniac to come to her rescue. But as I continue to think about it I’m reminded that we live in a broken world, and that evil things beyond our control are going to happen.
I’m also reminded that our lives are just “a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes”. So it doesn’t matter if someone lives to be 100, their life is still just a mist relatively speaking. We’re all going to pass away sooner or later. So as I think about own inevitable death, and the thought of leaving my family behind only one thing matters to me; that’s Jesus Christ.
If there’s only one thing you know about me or remember about me I want it to be that I love our Lord and Savior, and that I want nothing more than for you to know him too. Nothing this world has to offer means anything to me. I don’t want anything in this world that doesn’t come from our God. He’s the only thing that makes sense. He’s the only thing I know I can trust. If you think I love you a lot, just remember his love for you is infinitely stronger than mine ever will be.
So when I’m gone, here’s how you can honor me:
- Don’t worry about me. I’m with Jesus.
- Understand that He isn’t to blame for the tragedies and death of this broken world. He is life, and He brings death to life. He is the light in all of this darkness.
- Trust him, and never stop loving him.
The only thing I want in this life is to glorify and honor the name above all names, and to know that I pleased him. Otherwise, I consider my life nothing.