[Discoveries] 06-09-08 A time for everything -- Ecclesiastes 3:1, 2

[Inspiration in Your Inbox]

/*There is a time for everything ... a time to be born and a time to die 
... -- Ecclesiastes 3:1,2*/

My dad passed away in 1999. My mom was recovering from surgery. She felt 
up to taking a little drive, so my dad drove her around in the country. 
It was a hot summer day, and when they got home, she went inside while 
he finished up a little project in the yard.

When he walked in, he didn't look right and he didn't feel right. "Could 
I have a glass of water?" he asked. As my mom went to get it, she asked, 
"Do you feel okay?"

"No," he said, "I'm having trouble breathing." Then he collapsed on the 
floor.

We figure he was dead before the ambulance arrived.

I think about my dad's passing every so often. So sudden and so 
unexpected. I wonder what my own death will be like. Will I live to be 
an old man, or will I die suddenly, in mid-sentence with the loose ends 
of my life all around me? I don't know, of course.

I once had a dream -- I think I shared this before -- about heaven 
opening. From that dream, I came to realize that Jesus comes back for 
each one of us. One moment we are immersed in the things of this life, 
and the next we look up and see Him standing there.

I think we'll discover that He's always there, exactly on time.

Be encouraged!
Dwight

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