Are We Ready to Kneel Before His Throne?

  Dear friends and family,
  The new year has started on a challenging note for several of the men who work in my apartment building. We have guards who are called darwans. The darwans are in charge of monitoring the building gate. They are wonderful men and always greet us with warm smiles and conversations. A few days ago one of our darwans, whom I will refer to as SW, had a medical problem. If I understand correctly, he had a heart attack. He has been in the nearby Medical College for the past few days.
   This afternoon I was able to visit SW and his family members at the Medical College. I have never been in a hospital quite like this. There were people on mats on the floor everywhere because there were not enough hospital beds. Everyone stared as another worker led my friend and I to the correct spot. It was very encouraging to see SW's precious smile. His wife is able to be with him as well, a huge blessing because she lives in the village and he is usually in Chittagong for work. Please pray for this dear man. Ask the Father to give the doctors wisdom as they seek to decide the best course of action. Also ask the Father to use this event to draw SW and his family to truth. 
   God has brought me face to face with death several times in the past few days. Today I learned that another one of our darwans, whom I will refer to as SJ, had a relative pass away yesterday. Please pray for SJ and his family during this time of loss. On my recent journey to a village I looked out the bus window and saw a group of men carrying a deceased body on a board that rested on their shoulders. I again saw the sting of death as we were leaving the hospital today. My friend and I noticed a very distraught family. Everyone was crying and rocking back and forth. My friend told me she thought someone must have just died because there was a body on a rolling cart next to the group.
     These encounters with death have provided a very powerful reminder that death is only a breath away. I praise God that He as prepared me for the day I leave this world and enter His presence. I pray that He continues to prepare men, women, and children for the day they too will kneel before Him. For His children, it truly is not death to die. I am so thankful He gave Himself, so His children may live forever in His presence. I am forgiven of my sin, I will live with the Almighty God forever, because Jesus died and rose again to set me free. Are you ready for death? Are the people around you ready for death? It could be today. Let us be found ready.