Life

Life. It's a beautiful thing, a wonderful thing that God has created. But it has it's end. And for some, it ends too soon. This week I've heard of two tragic deaths. One of them, I knew. The other was friends with my cousin and I didn't get the chance to meet her.

One of them died from cancer. He was only 21. The other was a friend of my cousin and she was shot. She was either 18 or 19. When I heard this, it got me thinking. Why do we just stand by when these things happen? I mean yes it is a part of life, but these are our brothers and sister in Christ! It made me mad to hear that the lives of these young people were taken, and in such a terrible way too.

As I was thinking, I kind of just analyzed everything, and this is what I came up with: Even though these young people aren't related to me by blood, they are my brother and sister in Christ. Therefore, they ARE family to me. I'm not just going to look at all of this and go "That's sad." I'm going to take action. I'm going to be praying for the families of these young people. Even though they probably won't know that I am praying for them, God can still move! They don't need to know that I'm praying in order for the prayer to be answered.

Life is short. We need to realize why we were put on this earth and live life with purpose.