Reflection on death

So here I’m sitting all alone in the office

We’ve basically shut down for the year

I could go home and find stuff to do but I just had to blog for the last time in 2009

As I sit and muse at what I did in the year, I cannot help but thank God

I thank God for keeping me this whole year through

It wasn’t by any act of mine or wisdom of self that I’ve made it thus far

It’s His grace

I’ve lost some dear people I knew in my life

The most profound loss I had and felt this year was a guy from the hood named Zekiah

He passed away in November after succumbing to injuries from a road accident

He was only twenty

Why his death got to me was because I refused to believe he could just die like that

When I was told that he was involved in an accident I quickly prayed that he would not die

I wanted his injuries not to be that serious

I just couldn’t believe it when I was told two days later that he’d passed away

He was my youngest brother’s friend

I was sort of the replacement for my brother when he went to S Africa and we were chummies of some sort

I had become like a sister of sorts to him

But God’s timing had come for him

Then just last week I get home to receive news that a neighbour had passed away that afternoon

It was two days before Christmas

Arthur’s system just shut down due to an asthma attack

He left behind a wife and a young boy barely four

Why I was shocked is because it was all so sudden

That day many people saw and talked to him

He’d actually gone to get his medication earlier in the day and the nurses were shocked when he was wheeled in the same afternoon at the point of death

Again God’s time had come

I believe in the ongoing battle between life and death

Each day we start afresh the battle we left the day before

Each day that battle just may be lost if God’s time has come

However we fight the battle, one day it may be lost if His timing is before Jesus’ second coming

My family this year has been kept alive and I thank God for that

There were many instances when anyone of us could have succumbed to death but by God’s grace we are all still alive and well

It doesn’t take much for death to come when it has finally been allowed to take over

What we have to do is make sure that we are ready when death is granted that wish

How can one be ready for a day that only God knows?

We make ready each and every day if we want death to be to the physical and not your spirit

Unfortunately many of us believe we still have time on this earth

There are many things we’ve postponed to tomorrow, later

Postponed to when things are more stable

To when we are a bit older, to NOT NOW

Oh, foolish man!

Why should you plan thus unless you have given your life to Him?

Only when you know He knows you and He has spoken to you can you even plan about tomorrow

And when you do know Him, you will know that you have to be ready each waking day

Only the blessed few will know it is time and have the chance to commit their spirits unto him before leaving this earth

For the rest, we have to prepare daily

If we postpone coming to Him we are only being foolish

Yes, unless He draws us to him can we go to Him

But how do we expect to hear Him when we’ve shut ourselves in us and refuse to believe His voice

I believe now is the time to make ready for eternity

No one knows where we’ll be tomorrow except Him

There are many watchmen around

Take heed

Their hands are clean as they’ve told you the Word

Now some watchmen can rest but why do you refuse to listen to their message?

Now is the time of your calling

Be prepared.