The Worse Thing That Can Happen

I was re-reading our Christmas cards again tonight to be sure I hadn't missed one. There was the letter from our friends, Richard and Becky. Becky passed away from brain cancer on November 28. Richard called us on New Year's Day. Then he stopped through and spent a night with us about ten days ago. It was so good to share this time of sorrow with him, and our joy in Christ. As I looked over Richard's Christmas letter again, one sentence caught my eye. Richard wrote about Becky: "She has consistently shared, ‘living without Christ as Lord is worse than having terminal cancer!'” What a powerful statement! The worse thing that can happen is living without Christ as Lord. Yes! Unless a person knows Christ, nothing else ultimately matters.