About 15 years ago I was riding to a cemetery in a hearse with the undertaker. As we waited for a traffic light to change I suddenly realized the light was green and we were not moving. Looking over at the undertaker, who was supposedly driving, I discovered he was dead. What made it even more bizarre and sad was the EMT who responded to the 911 call was his son. I remembered this today when I heard that this week in South Carolina a first-time skydiver noted his instructor, to which he was connected and falling from 13,500 feet, had died. Obviously he was in a much more precarious situation than mine had been.
I could spend time here talking about being ready to meet the Lord because we don’t know when we will check out. Perhaps I should say “check in” since the next thing we will know is a face to face meeting with Him. But I think I would rather speak of the assurance we have that the ultimate One in charge of our lives, if we have given our lives to Jesus, will always be there and we need have no fear of being on our own. He promised, “Lo, I am with you always.”
I have always liked that promise. When I was little I was told when I did something I knew was bad that Jesus and my guardian angel left me to be on my own. That really bothered me because that meant when I needed them the most they would not be there for me. As a father I could never imagine not responding to my sons’ needs even when or if they had just disappointed me. I just can’t
He promised, “Lo, I am with you always.”
Written by Roger Bothwell on February 2, 2009
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