Birthdays are something we tend to take for granted as a society. Some of us complain about getting older. Some of us pretend that we don’t want anyone to recognize our birthday but then become hurt when no one actually does! Human nature. Most of you are aware that I had a nephew who died at the age of 18. He was serving in Iraq not long after the conflict started. He had not been there very long. The last time I spoke to him on the phone was Memorial Day of that year. He died on June 20 in Iraq but on our American clock, it was June 19. By the time his body made it back to stateside, his funeral took place on what would have been his 19th birthday, June 28. It is hard to believe that next week Friday, he would have been 38 years old.
Funny how the years pass by so quickly. I thought at the time of his funeral that he would be the youngest of my parent’s grandchildren to leave this earth. Seven years later I would be proven wrong with the death of my youngest son at the age of 17. The important thing to remember in relation to both boys is the eternal question. We are all going to pass from this earth at some point. Some of us go younger, some way too young and some quite old but the bottom line is that all will leave this world. The question we should definitely have the answer to is where our final destination will be. To my knowledge based on what both boys professed, they are in heaven with the creator of the universe! Such a beautiful picture. Where is your destination? Do you know? Do you trust? Read God’s Holy Word and make your mind up today.