Memorial Service

On Tuesday I went to the memorial service for a close neighborhood friend of ours who died of lung cancer last Thursday. He was always a very cheery guy and had a standard response to my greeting of "how you doing?" He'd say, "O, gonna make it another day." He used that response a lot less since his diagnosis in June. It was a fast, though painful last 5 months. And I guess what it has me thinking is that none of us know if we are gonna make it another day.
The thing is, that with my neighbor for example, we had a good relationship that mostly revolved around discussions of weather, lawn care, kids- occasionally city news or politics. But it wasn't until his last months that I shared scripture with him or took the chance to pray with him. Too often we confuse the personal with the private. Faith in God is a very personal thing- but that doesn't mean it needs to be a private thing. Not that any of us can have assurance of someone else's salvation- that is left for us to know- but I have no indication if my neighbor ever put his trust in the Lord- or didn't- but all that to say, don't assume we have another day- seek out opportunities to share the joy of knowing the Lord as savior.