So I just received news that my really good friend’s brother just passed away and it suddenly dawned upon me how fragile life is. In particular, two things struck me the most.

The first was how fragile life is. I don’t know but he’s only 18 and he was just about to collect his Alevel results this Friday and this happened. It suddenly got me thinking that what are we studying so hard for in law school everyday? Rather, what are we studying so hard at the expense of? Have we been neglecting our family because we’ve been too caught up with school? Have we compromised on the ways we live our lives because of what the world ask of us? If we were to die tomorrow, can we say that we lived our life to the fullest? Did we have any regrets? Who was the last person we quarreled with? Would we feel regret for the rest of our lives knowing that we could have done something that we didn’t? I really don’t know. I just have so many questions in my head. But I thought this served as a timely reminder for all of us to treasure those we have around us, and apart from loving others, have we loved ourselves? We don't have to wait for the same thing to happen to us before treasuring those around us.

The second thing that got me thinking was how many of us are so privileged to know Christ before leaving this temporary home? It’s heartening to know that he was called home to be with the Lord, but how many people actually get to know Christ before leaving? I was just sharing with a few of y’all on Monday how upset I was that so many people didn’t know the truth and I couldn’t do anything about it. But really, this got me thinking that we need to spread the gospel to others to receive salvation so that we won’t go to the Kingdom of God alone. That is what we have been called to be. We need to reach out to the lost. We need to pray for the people around us, that they will come to receive Christ. Life is too short to wait. The Father’s heart is aching for the lost to be welcomed home, I don’t know, I just feel a need to do something about it ): We cannot just be satisfied with knowing Christ ourselves.