Live ReadyOur newest colt Tybee, a paint like our mare, Georgia

It has been a few days again, since I've posted, and a lot has happened. You can check out my blog on myspace at http://www.myspace.com/yourpastor because with two blogs going now, I forget where I've posted what.

I missed prayer meeting Friday night. I took two Advil migraine gel caps and went home. I'm sure there were some folks praying becasue by 8:30 p.m. the headhache was gone. I have taken headache medicine before and barely taken the edge off. I was grateful and I'm sure my family was grateful too.

Saturday we received a call at work that one of our mares, a paint named Georgia was in trouble. She was in labor with a littl filly. The filly didn't make it, and the mare was down. After working with her for more than six hours Saturday afternoon and evening, we decided to let her rest through the night hoping she might be a little stronger on Sunday. Sunday after church we lifted her up and put her on her feet again, but she was weaker instead of stronger, and after I retreated to the barn, Odell put her down, and we buried Georgia in the pasture, immediately afterwards.

These events bring me to focus again on the brevity of life. How fragile it is! In Job 14:1-2 the Bible records:

Man born of woman is of few days and full of trouble.
He springs up like a flower and withers away;
like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.

Life is fleeting. When we are young we feel so indestructible, but then life smacks us in the face with tragedy and we realize how fragile life is. In the last couple of years I've been to funerals that cover the age spectrum from an eighty year old grandmother to to a teenage young man. We certrainly have no promise of tomorrow.

So, today let me encourage in your relationship with God. Don't just get ready, but live ready. Live in such a constant relationship with God that death itself can not hold you hostage through fear. Have a blessed day.