Reflection

Life is rough. Today at church, I heard about someone who recently passed away-it was a casualty of an honorable soldier who died in combat. I realized that no matter how meticulous we are in trying to stay safe, events occur and many times they do not go as we would desire. When I heard of this recent passing, I was inundated with conviction, thinking about the day my life will pass. It says in Psalms that our lives of but breaths, like grass-here today and gone tomorrow. What then exactly is our purpose in life? Are we to live a mundane and materialistic life, living only for transient sources of pleasure? No. I believe that in life, if you take away all the superfluous details, on the very bottom of each individual's heart is a yearning for love. It says in Proverbs that what every man desire is unfailing love. For the Christian, the unending, passionate, and jealous love comes from one person: Jesus Christ. Our response to Him should not be superficial, but should be sincere. We should do what Paul said in Romans 6:13: "Do not offer the parts of your body to sin, as instruments of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God, as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer the parts of your body to him as instruments of righteousness." Let that be our prayer.