She was a middle
aged woman who had a family— a husband and two children,
not yet in their teens. She held a respectable job in
the community and yesterday she died.
It was unexpected, and all those who had touched her life the day before were in shock. Tears flowed openly when the news came she would not be reporting for work that day or
ever again.
In the days following the funeral, numbness gave way to reflection when her fellow
workers gathered for coffee breaks:
"Why did it happen to her?"
"She was so young." "It still doesn't seem real."
Eventually reflection gave way to speculation:
"If I knew I had only one
day left to live I would _ _ _ _ _."
The blank was filled in with various activities: "travel," "live it up," "get drunk," "do the things I've always wanted to do but never had time."
Such choices as "repent," "get my life in order with God," "ask Jesus to be my Savior," or
"witness to my family and friends," were
noticeably absent.
James 4:14 says: "Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away."
How about you — the reader? If you knew you only
had one day left to live, how would you fill in the
blank?
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