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My cousin passed away a few days ago. He lives in India, and everything happened very quickly. My family is grieving and that is understandable. God created us for relationship and when our loved ones die those relationships end, there is a real sense of loss and sorrow.

My heart has been troubled the last few days. Yes, I’m mourning the loss in my family, but death comes to us all, I know there is no such thing as an unexpected death. God is sovereign and we live for His glory. In death the Christ follower glorifies God for eternity so I believe our mission doesn’t change much for our eternal soul. My heart is not troubled by death.

My pain comes in knowing my cousin went to church his whole life. He was active in church at the time he died. However, I don’t believe he was a follower of Christ. If we believe in the brevity of life then we must believe in the urgency of the gospel. Don’t waste opportunities with the ones you love. The price you pay in discomfort or embarrassment, even momentarily interrupted relationships is worth the treasure of Christ. He is all.

“Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit.” Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away.” James 4:13-14 (NASB)