And Just Like That

And just like that...
Ok..so here is the story and the point.
Just a short while ago I got a call for a job that our company will need to take care of. Apparently, one of our customers, a local little store, had a hostage situation earlier today. What I was told was some guy came into the store and walked up to a guy standing in line and without one word to him he pulled a gun and point blank shot him in the back of the head. He was standing there, minding his own business..., and just like that..
And just like that..
As I thought of that man and his family my heart broke. I prayed for them. But my thoughts went immediately to wondering if he knew the Lord..because just like that..
I hope he did. I hope that when his just like that happened and he took his last breath here on earth that he took his first breath in heaven.
I have an Aunt right now in hospice. She is not going to be on this earth much longer. I know at one point when she was lucid last week my mother, her sister, had the opportunity to make sure she was ready to meet her maker. She had time to get it right. To set it straight. To make her reservation.
Not everyone will have that.
We are not promised tomorrow, we are not guaranteed to make it thru today.
All of us at some point will have a just like that moment. Some of us may have the opportunity to just fall asleep and wake up in eternity. Some of us may face a long illness and have time to contemplate where our eternity will be. A lot of us will be standing in line at a convenience store. And just like that..
We know there is a verse in Matthew 25 that tells us to watch and be ready..because just like that. How about the one in Luke 12 when he told the man tonight your soul is required of you..and just like that.
Have you examined your soul lately? Have you? Please take that moment and get your heart ready..you never know when you will have to be prepared..just like that!