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While on vacation last week, I got a phone call informing me that my aunt had passed away.  She was my last living aunt and the one most like a big sister to me.  Our families took vacations together, so my cousins are more like younger siblings than cousins.  We were in Louisville, KY when the news came, so we left on Friday to drive to Decatur, IL for the memorial service.  One of my cousins lives on Lake Decatur and this was the sunrise the morning of the memorial service.
Death serves as a reminder to the living that our days are numbered and that life is fleeting.  We have a responsibility to live each day as if it were our last.  Our life should make the world around us a better place.  The world around my aunt was a better place because of her presence.
My inspirational song this week comes from Chris Tomlin.  While death is a reminder of our mortality, Christ is a reminder that life everlasting belongs to the redeemed, and that death is merely the portal through which we must pass.  There will come a day when all of us will be called to pass from this world.  Having invited Christ into my heart and accepting Him as my Lord and Savior, I know that the instant that I leave this world, I will rise again in the presence of my Lord.  Enjoy.