Be Still And Know

Psalm 39:4-5 Lord, remind me how brief my time on earth will be. Remind me that my days are numbered— how fleeting my life is. You have made my life no longer than the width of my hand. My entire lifetime is just a moment to you; at best, each of us is but a breath. I will never forget the moment. I was 17 years old and a friend of mine asked me: “Have you heard about Luke?” I hadn’t. Luke was always full of life, had very long hair (as most of us did at the time) and a cheeky smile. My friend said: “He died last week in a car crash together with three friends. Their Mini hit a fuel tanker and burst into flames.” I was completely and utterly devastated. It made no sense. I couldn’t believe that he was dead. As I struggled to come to terms with Luke’s untimely death, I learnt many things. Most of all I learnt that life, which seemed so permanent, was anything but. As tragic as this moment was, it taught me to look at every single day as a miraculous gift from God. I came to realise that every day needs to