The Beautiful Spirit Magazine Spring 2016 | Page 3

“S

o teach us to number our days,
that we may apply our hearts
unto wisdom” (Psalm 90:12). Last
Saturday morning, one of my colleagues
unexpectedly and peacefully went home
to be with the Lord. One moment she
was enjoying life as usual, and the next
she was experiencing true life as she had
never before known it.
My friend was a teacher who diligently
and joyfully invested in the lives of her
students. Hundreds recounted memories
of ways in which she had impacted their
lives. She seemed indispensable, but
God called her home at the age of 49.
Psalm 31:15a states, “My times are in thy
hand.” Each of us has an appointed time
to live, established before the foundation
of the world by our sovereign, gracious
God.
I was baking cookies when I received the
news of Kim’s home going. As I finished
my task, I found myself pondering the
impact my life would have if I were
suddenly called home. I often feel I don’t
have enough time. To a child, life seems
to crawl by; but adults sense life flying by
and wonder what we will have to show
for it. C.S.