Musings....

What a sad day for the nation.... and for the First family. Our first lady lost her battle with cancer. Just goes to show how fragile and precious life is. The weather has just been as reflective of the sombre mood that the whole nation has been since early this morning when the news broke.
As we were catching glimpses of the whole funeral telecast, someone posted this questions - "Do u think that our PM was prepared for this?"... I remember answering a question along those lines a few weeks ago.... This is what I think... No one can ever be prepared no matter how prepared they think they are for the passing of a loved one. I don't think that it's possible.... Although you would have seen it coming, yet the myriad of emotions that you feel at the passing of a loved one will just envelope you when the time comes. At least that is what I think....

It's been a really tough year for the world... look at the myriad of natural catastrophes that have taken place, the many lives lost... even amongst some of the people that I know, it has been a rather tough year. Let's pray that God will grant us the strength and sustain us for the rest of the year and the years to come....

Celebration of Life

I went for a wake on Tuesday and it got me thinking..... The wake was for Jeremy, my sister's boyfriend, Jon's brother. You can read all about it here http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=hweeyen. It was a beautiful service although me and my mom missed the eulogy bit as we got a bit lost in USJ. I heard that the eulogy was most moving ... coupled with a song written just specially for the occassion. Anyways, you can read all about it at the link above.

Anyway, the wake got me thinking as a line that the Pastor said during her sermon stuck me " WHere are you in this race?". That went straight to my heart and I broke down.... it was already a bad day for me to begin with... but that's another story all together. So just where am I in this race of life? What legacy do I want to leave behind when I go and meet my maker?

When I went for Jeremy's wake - I also wondered how would my wake be? As I was making my way to the wake, I already knew somehow that there would be many people at this special boy's wake. God's presence was really there and I felt Him after a very long time. It felt great and the floodgates of tears just broke open.

Weddings are a celebration of a union of two people becoming one in front of God. Funerals are a celebration of a person's life - the legacy he or she has left behind as he/she goes to meet the Maker. Makes sense?

I'm still thinking and wondering where am I in this race? I want to pace myself to run a marathon and not a 100-meter dash. I want to leave a legacy behind that I can be proud of, that would bring a smile to His face when I go and see him.

So where are you in your race? What kind of legacy do you want to leave behind?

Have a think about it.......