This week I lost a good friend, a mentor, and a business partner, suddenly, with no warning at all. It taught me life is far more fragile than we treat it.
I am not saying this from a stage. I am saying it from right where I am this week. I do not want to make this about the details of what happened. I want to make it about what it is doing in me, because I think it is exactly what God wants to do in you too.
We live as if we have forever. We plan our years, our businesses, our someday conversations as if time is guaranteed. James 4:14 says we don't even know what will happen tomorrow; our life is a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. It usually takes something sudden to make that verse feel real instead of just true.
Here is what surprised me. Jesus tells us in Matthew 6 not to be anxious about tomorrow, because tomorrow will worry about itself. Anxiety about the future and failing to be present in the now are the same thing wearing two faces. Life being fragile should terrify us into anxiety, and instead God uses it to call us into presence.
Two days before I got this news, I was sitting in my men's group talking about being vulnerable, about needing men in your life you can actually trust, the ride-or-die kind. I did not know why that conversation hit so hard until this week. Losing somebody suddenly does not just remind you that life is short. It reveals whether you've built relationships that carry weight, or whether you have been isolated and called it strength. Ecclesiastes 4 says two are better than one, and a cord of three strands is not easily broken. That is not a nice sentiment; it is a survival principle.
Do not wait for a loss to finally be honest with the people in your life. Call the friend. Show up for the group. Be the vulnerable one first.
Scriptures referenced:James 4:14, Psalm 90:12, Matthew 6:25-34, Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
Life is more fragile than we act like, and God is not asking you to be anxious about it. He is asking you to be present, and He is asking you to stop doing this alone. Drop a comment and tell me one person you are going to be more honest with this week. I read every single one, and this week I need to hear it as much as you do.
