I'm always reminded of just how short life is and how real death is. In fact, tomorrow morning I'll be attending the funeral of a 31 year-old young man, a baseball teammate of mine from Goodlettsville. Sobering to think that his life (on earth) is over.
Birthdays are also reminders of the brevity of life. I recently received an invitation to write a note to a friend who is turning 30 this week. Here's the note I wrote, and I thought I'd share:
Man, how time flies. Just 10 years ago, we spent the summer singing together in different churches. 10 years later, we’re husbands and fathers, each of us with two boys!
As you know, life is a vapor. In your next 30 years, keep making your life count for the Kingdom [of God]. Like Jonathan Edwards, resolve “never to do any manner of thing, whether in soul or body, less or more, but what tends to the glory of God.”
Let me know when you come down to Music City so that we catch up face-to-face. Miss you in good ol’ Goodlettsville!
Happy 30th!
Michael
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