This little light of mine

The events of the past week or so makes this song I've sung at church before come to mind...

" We're living in uncertain times
And more and more I find that i'm aware
Of just how fragile life can be"

That's just a small bit of a song by Avalon called "Everything to Me"..Old school Christian group..In fact, I probably couldn't tell you a single other thing they sang..But that one I think is definitely a good one.

Within 8 days time 3 people (2 of which I know of and have met) that are all around or at my age have died in separate car wrecks (well 2 in the same one, but anyway)...When they announced that some people from a Christian campus group I attended freshman year had died in a wreck my heart sank to the floor. I just prayed that it wasn't someone I knew..Even if it wasn't, however, it was going to be someone that some person out there DID know...And they were going to be lost for words on how to get through the next few days, week, months, maybe even years..I was heartbroken to find out it was in fact someone I knew of and that was very good friends with one of my dear friends.

First of all, they will probably never read this but my heart and prayers go out to those families and friends dealing with this right now...Though I believe a couple of these guys were Christians, it doesn't make it any less shocking or make the blow any less harsh for those left behind to pick up the pieces.

This second crash confirmed how I'd already been feeling all week..that life is too short and too temporary for us to just sit idly by and do just as much as we have to to get by. Tonight's sermon also compelled me as well...We need to want to keep doing more and more to bring people into the kingdom of Jesus. We have found Him, yes, that's AMAZING. But..that's just the beginning of the journey. If we love others, we want them to know the same unconditional love that we have found. The worst thing we can do is keep it to ourselves or as the children's song says "hide it under a bushel".

Life is also entirely to short to let little decisions and little difficulties in life bother us the way we sometimes let them. Especially I think when we're young, everything that happens seems like it's absolutely the end of the world and we will never recover from it. I'm sure that certainly isn't true...I'm striving more and more everyday to be more bold with my faith and stand up for what I feel is right. I also want to make amends with those I have fallen away from and at least attempt to bring those to Jesus that God has laid on my heart to do so...On the final judgment day, if we have done nothing to share the good news with people, I just have this feeling God's not going to be too happy with us. Instead, most of all, I want him to tell me "Well done, good and faithful servant". I want to be ushered into the kingdom of heaven for all eternity and I want every single one of my friends and family to be there with me..That has what I've been called to do. And I want to be bold and say yes to this challenge..I'm grabbing onto God's hand and holding on for the ride of my life.