I was struck. As though by a time traveling freight train.
As I sat through a funeral service today, a slide show hit me. Bob Hales was just 60 when he died recently. The slide show featured his children as part of the memories. I looked and saw myself – almost! Although I never frizzed my hair, I lived through that era. And polyester suits? Oh yeah!
One must ask one’s self – “Too soon gone, too late smart?” If there is one theme playing in this life, it is that there is another life to come. Any day now, we’ll be going home. Jesus was quite clear he was going to prepare a place – a home away from this home.
So I was asking myself – “What should I be doing right now?” For much of the day – the brushing of the teeth, the eating of food, the conversation with friends – these are right and good. But . . . some portions of the day beg the question – literally. “What should I be doing right now?”
Posed but not so quickly answered!