Paul Walker s sudden death stunned family, close friends and fans. Van Diesel memorialized him by saying:
"To live in the hearts we leave behind, is not to die."
How else do we deal with the pain of death's reality? Platitudes.... and then go on with our lives:?
The line between life and death is thin indeed, even for the celebrities. The irony is that the very person who lived by Fast & Furious died the same way.
As I was writing this--some person in the world just died--a complete unknown--not known long enough to be mourned. Yet is that person's life any less precious in God's eyes than Paul Walker? In the eyes of faith, there is an equality before God which speaks of the infinite worth of every human being--all the same, all of eternal worth. God stands by them as they die, he dries their tears and welcomes them into a Kingdom that none of us can dream of. Such was the dream of Isaiah, the witness of John the Baptist and the coming gift in Advent for everyone.
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