We know intellectually that life is fragile, and that any one of us  could leave this world at any time. But the reality has become much more  than theory recently. We have loved ones who should still be here. They  have been taken from us suddenly, and seemingly before their time.

Never  has this hit home more than the last couple of weeks.  To chat with a  friend at church and make plans for the following week, only the next  morning to hear that this bright light among us is now gone. It seems  impossible to reconcile the news as real.

Is there anything  redemptive that can come out of this culture of death that has thrown  its nets over the global community these last few years?

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Keywords: eternal life, died suddenly, death to self