Thursday, April 19, 2012

I Am Still Alive to Fulfill a Purpose

With the recent misfortunes that have been happening lately in the lives around me, I can assuredly say that there is more to this life that what we think of it.
A friend to this campus has recently passed away. I know that this is a tragic time for his family and his friends. But I have to say that his life is a testimony and an example of what the Lord has in store for us.
This boy had a purpose in his life and praise God he fulfilled it.
His last deed on Earth was to save another's life. 
My friend told me something incredible about his death (I know it might sound wrong to call it incredible but wait!). She told me that the autopsy showed that there was no water in his lungs from drowning, instead his heart just stopped while he was in the water. She told me that he might have died that day from a heart attack whether he drowned or not.
That made me stop and ask myself...did he suffer? did God stop his heart while he was in the water? Wow God, you never leave us! Its amazing to think that perhaps he was meant to save his friend from drowning by risking his own life. Imagine if he would have not saved his friend and they both ended up dying? Lord have mercy! Was that his purpose? was that his last work on earth?
This is such an incredible lesson for us all, Why are we still alive today? Do we still have a purpose to fulfill here on earth? Lord, I pray that we find our purpose and fulfill it. I know we might be scared to leave this earth, but your purpose is much grander than ours.
Give us the courage to do your will.