A young man died today

October 25, 2012 in Day to day, Mustard Seed Year with 3 Comments

A young man died today.

I didn’t know him personally.  I’d seen him around.  Today, I saw him sitting in a cafe having lunch with my boss.   He had a motorcycle helmet on the table next to him and when I saw it I immediately thought “that’s a seriously cool helmet.”

An hour later an accident with his motorcycle ended his life.

20 years old.

His whole life ahead of him.

It’s so senseless.

It’s so pointless.

It’s left me completely stunned and speechless.  I know there’s nothing I can do for his friends and family to help ease the pain.

And it’s making me sit here tonight wishing my sons were here so I could hug them.

And I’m also convicted.

I’ve talked on this blog about how life is short.  How we need to follow God and share Jesus.

I see it on other blogs. I hear it in sermons.  I see it on Tweets.

We talk a good game about the importance of each day and our knowing that we never know when our time is up.

And then something like today happens and I realize how I really don’t live with the urgency that I know I need to have regarding sharing the gospel with people and with showing them Jesus.

It makes me realize those nights where I may spend a few hours playing a video game that I don’t need to waste my time like that.

Or the Saturdays when I just loaf around and watch TV.

Even the days when go on all day hikes.

Time is short.

We’re not guaranteed 20 minutes from now let alone tomorrow.

And I need to figure out how to change the way I do things in life to live with that sense of urgency.

I think perhaps a lot of us do.

 

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  • Pavielle56

    yes life is so short! we need to take seriosly our salvation and olso the spread of the Gospel knowing that too many people are still without salvation. 2 months ago the Lord spoke to me about open a church in my community and I obey becouse i know there are too many hurting people plus beside life is to short and i need to invest my time more wisely, and that included telling somebody daily about my Lord and the time we are living is not to wasted a second

  • http://twitter.com/LeadingEveryday Juan Cruz Jr

    Jason, every time someone I know passes away he reminds me of how short our stay on this earth is and how we are not promised tomorrow. I makes me want to live my life with urgency, and doing thnigs that really matter. First, seeking the Lord my God. Loving those around me. And simply getting the priorities in order. 

  • Larry Litle

    Jason, 

    Very good post.  I appreciate your heart. 

    Life is about balance.  You need those down times of watching TV and playing games.  The problem comes in when those become our focus and not just a time to recharge the batteries.  A heart of ministry and evangelism has to have a balance of taking care of ourselves.  My former Pastor used to say, “Sometimes the most spiritual thing you can do is rest.”