Connected
I received some bad news this morning. A friend, who I have known since I was way little, passed away of a heart attack. It’s hard to believe because he is younger than me, and I’m not really that old. I was really stunned to hear the news and immediately my mind start racing. It was hard to go to school and focus while I was thinking and processing this… His parents are devastated. He was an only child. His wife of 1 year must be in shock too. I can’t even begin to imagine what they are going through.
In all this, one word kept coming to me: connected.
As I processed this tragic event and this word, so many meanings came to me.
Connected: I haven’t seen Nick in such a long time. His parents were real close to ours back in the day and I used to see him a lot. Although he was younger than me, and closer to my brother’s age, he was mature for his age and we got along. I still remember his room, it was so cool – it had the Star Wars wall paper up!
But, as the years passed and we all kind of went our separate ways, I lost touch. I spoke with him briefly over the AOL instant messenger. But, we never got together to catch up. I regret that! It would have been great to know how he was doing and see him.
● In all our busyness, it is worth it to forget those that were a part of our lives at one time? Wouldn’t it be right to make the effort to touch base every once in a while?
Connected: I already mentioned that his family is in shock. He was an only child and has only been married for about a year. His family will miss their connection with Nick.
There is an important connection here. There are people in our lives that love us and we love them back. People also hurt us, and we in turn hurt them back. With all the time we spend on the junk of this life, we should try to focus on making “good” connections…loving connections…
● Is it really worth it to hold the grudges and hurts that people who are connected to us inflict on us? Yes, some are done on purpose. But some are done on accident. Because we are hurt, we tend to not forgive and choose instead to break our connection with people. It’s times and events like this that help us to remember that some things are just not that big of a deal!
Connected: The cool thing about death, is that for some, it isn’t the end of the line. I know that Nick was a Christian. He was connected to Jesus! This is the most important connection anyone can make!
Can you imagine being connected to God? That is exactly what Jesus did for us. His sacrifice on the cross allows us to be connected to God. And it isn’t a superficial connection either. It is a super, super, super, heavenly, super glue connection.
● Is Jesus your Lord and Savior? Can you say you are connected to Him?
Connected: Because Nick is a Christian, and his parents and family are Christians, one day they will be reunited in Heaven. The parent/child or husband/wife relationship won’t be the same, but he will know his parents and wife, and they will know him. Once the initial celebration of being in Heaven and worshipping Jesus slows down – they will embrace and talk about their days on Earth. It will be a joyful time!
Heaven is an awesome place! Jesus said that He was leaving Earth, in the New Testament, to go and prepare a place in Heaven for his “friends.” It’s been a while now, Heaven must look spectacular!
● This world is not all there is. Everything we work for and strive for will mean nothing compared to Heaven!
I hope that you can connect a little with this short note. I know that it is the course of action to deal with our own mortality when we hear bad news like this. But, for the Christian, the end of our mortality only leads to our immortality. Ask yourself – is all the junk of this world worth it? No – not if it gets in the way of your relationship with Jesus and your loved ones!
In all this, one word kept coming to me: connected.
As I processed this tragic event and this word, so many meanings came to me.
Connected: I haven’t seen Nick in such a long time. His parents were real close to ours back in the day and I used to see him a lot. Although he was younger than me, and closer to my brother’s age, he was mature for his age and we got along. I still remember his room, it was so cool – it had the Star Wars wall paper up!
But, as the years passed and we all kind of went our separate ways, I lost touch. I spoke with him briefly over the AOL instant messenger. But, we never got together to catch up. I regret that! It would have been great to know how he was doing and see him.
● In all our busyness, it is worth it to forget those that were a part of our lives at one time? Wouldn’t it be right to make the effort to touch base every once in a while?
Connected: I already mentioned that his family is in shock. He was an only child and has only been married for about a year. His family will miss their connection with Nick.
There is an important connection here. There are people in our lives that love us and we love them back. People also hurt us, and we in turn hurt them back. With all the time we spend on the junk of this life, we should try to focus on making “good” connections…loving connections…
● Is it really worth it to hold the grudges and hurts that people who are connected to us inflict on us? Yes, some are done on purpose. But some are done on accident. Because we are hurt, we tend to not forgive and choose instead to break our connection with people. It’s times and events like this that help us to remember that some things are just not that big of a deal!
Connected: The cool thing about death, is that for some, it isn’t the end of the line. I know that Nick was a Christian. He was connected to Jesus! This is the most important connection anyone can make!
Can you imagine being connected to God? That is exactly what Jesus did for us. His sacrifice on the cross allows us to be connected to God. And it isn’t a superficial connection either. It is a super, super, super, heavenly, super glue connection.
● Is Jesus your Lord and Savior? Can you say you are connected to Him?
Connected: Because Nick is a Christian, and his parents and family are Christians, one day they will be reunited in Heaven. The parent/child or husband/wife relationship won’t be the same, but he will know his parents and wife, and they will know him. Once the initial celebration of being in Heaven and worshipping Jesus slows down – they will embrace and talk about their days on Earth. It will be a joyful time!
Heaven is an awesome place! Jesus said that He was leaving Earth, in the New Testament, to go and prepare a place in Heaven for his “friends.” It’s been a while now, Heaven must look spectacular!
● This world is not all there is. Everything we work for and strive for will mean nothing compared to Heaven!
I hope that you can connect a little with this short note. I know that it is the course of action to deal with our own mortality when we hear bad news like this. But, for the Christian, the end of our mortality only leads to our immortality. Ask yourself – is all the junk of this world worth it? No – not if it gets in the way of your relationship with Jesus and your loved ones!
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