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Physical Death

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I recently attended a funeral of a very good friend. Last May, our friend was standing on a stool in my kitchen helping me fix a light bulb. Last Christmas, I visited him in the hospital while he was in a coma. Last weekend, I watched as they lowered his casket into the ground and shoveled dirt in his burial space.

The entire experience was surreal for me. I was especially affected by this because I am now six months pregnant with a new life. I watched one life end and I am experiencing another life begin. Life is too short to waste on pettiness: petty activities, petty conversations, petty jobs, and petty relationships. 

My friend was fifty nine years old when he died. Now is the time to live. We should begin with the end in mind.

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One Response to “Physical Death”

  1. karen kugblenu says:
    28. January 2010 at 14:22

    WHAT YOU SAY IS SO PROFOUND. UNFORTUNATELY FOR SOME OF US IT TAKES A LITTLE MORE BEING IN THE WORD. AS MAN WE KNOW WHAT WE SHOULD DO BUT THEN OUR FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS AND PAIN AND ANGER GETS IN THE WAY OF OUR SEEING AND HEARING FROM GOD. I AM GOING THRU SUCH A SITUATION OF ANGER TOWARD MY SR PASTOR THAT I DON’T EVEN WANT TO BE IN THE SAME ROOM WITH HIM. I KNOW THAT TIME WORKS ALL THINGS OUT FOR GOOD. MY HUSBAND CONSTANTLY TELLS ME TO ENCOURAGE MYSELF AND I AM FORTUNATE TO HAVE A MAN OF GOD ON MY SIDE WHO LISTENS AND CORRECTS ME IN THE WORD. CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR ME AND MY FAMILY. LOVE KAREN

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