Death, Where is Your Calendar?

Three days before her biggest moment on the ice, her mother died unexpectedly at the age of fifty-five. As a nation held its breath, Canadian Joannie Rochette skated twice in the Olympic Women’s Figure Skating, winning a Bronze Medal in memory of her Mom. Death is never convenient. When my Grandfather died, I was in Mexico and could not be contacted for two days. When my Father-in-law died I was paged over the Public Address system at a professional baseball stadium. When my Mother died, we were in an ice storm of such size that her burial had to be delayed. My Father died thirty minutes before my birthday. While death never makes a previous appointment, it is always certain. When we die is less important than how we die. “It is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment” (Heb. 9:27). When we die is up to God. How we die and face judgment is up to us. Live this week as though it were your last. Celebrate, as though it were your first.

Join me in praying for the following global concerns:
• Pray for follow-up to significant decisions made during the “More Than Gold” Winter Olympic ministry in Vancouver.
• Pray for relief work in Chile as you continue to pray for Haiti.
• Pray for the 21st Century Church as they seek ways to reach out to the Russian speaking community in Prague, Czech Republic.
• Pray for Cathie’s (Spain) surgery on March 18 at MD Anderson Hospital in Houston.
• Pray for those who serve in high security locations in the world.