Image by Annoysius via FlickrIs this a glimpse of what our final destiny with God is all about?....
On this day of All Soul's, I was brought to the realisation that life can certainly be fragile and that we must cherish every moment of it, especially with and among our love ones, friends and acquaintances. We do not know when we would no longer be among the living, for at any moment we can be called away from this realm of existence.
I was suddenly brought to mind concerning an old school mate of mind whom I had never seen in so many years, and was told one day by my other classmate whom I had bumped into, back in Melaka, many years back, that this person had died. He died because he had committed suicide in a fit of depression. I felt utterly at a loss when I first heard that news and felt the force of the tragedy that came with it because of the waste involved and that none of us, as his schoolfriends, were able to be there to help him. Today I remember him in my prayers, along my other love ones who had gone before us.
I remember him so that through this, he could be forgiven and be made available to the vast mercy of God who calls no one away from Him and I remember this friend with hope that together with all the saints and our love ones in heaven, I may one day greet him there as a fellow child of God, that he truly is...
"Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen"
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