Normally I am good about posting and keeping up with the blog and my vlog but this week has been tough. My wife’s cousin went missing in rural North Central Arkansas and this past Sunday they found his body. We attended the funeral services this week and between the emotions, driving and other work related things I just did not feel like blogging or vlogging. Barry Treadway (my wife’s cousin) was only 27 and he left behind a legacy of faith and friendship. One story that struck out to me was that he was in the process of studying the bible with a former gang member who said that Barry impacted his life in a tremendous way. This brought me to the realization of two things:
- Like the Ecclesiastes writer said, life is but a vapor as it comes and goes without our control. At any point our world can be turned upside down and we are not in the seat of control to say whether we want this to happen or not.
- What will be our legacy? I know that is a typical preacher thing to say but I could not help but to think about what we leave behind. Will people remember us as disciples of Christ or something else?
Death is a sobering blow to the cycle of boredom and apathy. It rocks all of us to the core. It is one appointment that none of us can escape (Heb. 9:27) and it is best to make sure we are doing everything to follow the will of the one who sent us. See you this week as I hope to post more.
