Last week, two people died. The fact that two individuals died might not mean anything to anyone and yet it has caused me to reflect on how fragile life is and how we never know when the Lord has decided for our days to be numbered.
Selmer Ottis passed away in Moorhead, MN (after living all his life in North Dakota) at the ripe old age of 96 yrs old. Another individual passed away on the front lawn of our home church Wednesday evening, Scott Crouch, Jr. who was only 18 yrs old.
In Kindred, ND, Selmer and Kay Ottis' home for many years on the family farm, the town rallied around the family and in Sacramento, CA, a family of a different sort rallied around the grieving family left behind after a drunk driver took the life of their son. River City Grace members have been rallying around the family like no other church body I have seen in many years, showing the grace and fullness of God's abiding love.
Tomorrow, we remember Scott as we, the Ottis family (and extended family members), remembered Selmer last week in a time of grieving and sorrow.
May we as believers in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ not take for granted the days He has granted us on this earth to be a witness and to witness to those He foreordained to bring us into relationships. We do not know our days for we may be as fortunate as Selmer Ottis to live to be 96 yrs old or as fortunate as Scott Crouch, Jr. For if we are believers, living until tomorrow is one day closer to eternity with our Lord or if He grants us 50 more years, let us use those years to witness and be a witness.
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You are so right! This is a good reminder that, as Christians, we are only here to bring glory to God. Anything and everything we have is truly His and only on loan. May we bring glory to His name each and every day in each and every way. Thanks for the reminder.
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