O.N.E.

My thoughts for the day as I reflect on life...





Yesterday evening my cousin in Utah passed away unexpectedly, Matthew David Buhler. I did not know him well, yet I seemed to be friends with him when we were little. He was 10 months younger than me and people at the zoo or public places would ask if we were twins. I had short little boy hair. That is what I can remember the most about him, that we would play together on summer vacations in Utah. He will be missed, I know among the cousins in UT. His life was cut short and that is what I will miss for him. Please keep your prayers with the Buhler family that they may be comforted during a tragedy in their lives. We love you!
Here is something I wrote in my journal today after I received the news of Matthew's passing. It is a little poem I entitled...

O.N.E.


How fragile life is.

How it is taken with one last breath, one last beat of the heart, one last thought in the head.

One.

One Savior who has redeemed us from the unrelenting chains of death.

One resurrection on one glorious morning.

One lamb that is lost and one shepherd who will diligently search to rescue it.

One seems like a small number, but the power it has to change the world is beyond remarkable and incredible.

One death of a loved one can change the lives of many, for the good or the bad.

From one, it grows to affect thousands, millions, and generations upon generations of people.

You are not just one, just like the Savior was not just one.

You are: Only Needed Everywhere.

The power of one, now you can see, has more power than any earthly mind can imagine.

One by one we come to Him and one by one we help others come to reunite with their Heavenly Father.

And some, one by one, fall like flies, not knowing what hit them for they were blinded by all the distractions on the wide and deceitful path they chose, one choice at a time.

Life is fragile, treat each day as a gift, that is why it is called the present.

Don't postpone changes you can make now for later.

Again, life is fragile and it is by one thing that can make this day your last.