LIfe Keeps Moving On

A few weeks ago when Mindy and I were in the hospital, I kept starring outside. As it went from evening to morning to afternoon the cars kept coming. We had a perfect view of 64-40 from our room. People were leaving work, going to work, or just going somewhere to have fun. I was processing that life just keeps moving on. No matter what is going on in each of our lives, the lives of others keep moving on. No matter if we are having good things or bad things happen to us, others are just trying to live out their lives at the same time.

This week’s reading (Mark 1:14-20) reminded me of that. Here, as Jesus is calling the disciples, John the Baptist is getting arrested. Now that John is “off the job” so to speak, Jesus is bringing together all the new workers of the church. It is as if Jesus was saying, “So long John, now we need to prepare more people.” While the reading doesn’t really say no one cared, the passage does bring out this reality – John had done his job and now it was time for the One who is truly going to save us. Life keeps moving on. God keeps working in each of our lives, bringing us to know redemption and salvation, then taking us home to heaven to be with Him, at the same time as He is working in the lives of others.

Tomorrow I will say goodbye to Ed Wrice. Ed and I have a story – one that his wife, Wanda, prayed for. His story is one of an ill man who took awhile to grow in appreciation of His Lord. But once Ed did, he was going to let everyone know. Ed and I talked for the last time last week. I really didn’t think it would be the last time, but Ed was ready to go home. He was ready to see Wanda, and to be with his Savior. Ed was ready for life to go on on earth without him. John seems like the same kind of guy. John wanted to do his job, and then let others carry on the next steps. This weekend we take time to reflect on how life goes on, and how God uses each of us to carry out the next steps of the journey.