My best friend from high school, Rod Messick, passed away today. We were part of the original CE Harmonaires singing group when we both were in high school. He was a year older than me, but we both caught up with each other the next year at The Ohio State University for a couple of years where he met his future bride, Julie, and moved to Richmond, VA and got married. They had a good life with 5 girls and then finally 1 boy.
The thing that gets me about this is how fast it happened. Rod had been bothered with a bad back for years. About 2 weeks ago they ran another test and found Stage 4 bone cancer! They gave him 2 months to live, but he is already gone.
I got a chance to talk to him to him last week and he told me that he would meet me in heaven, and he is right. Rod was a Christian and is now no longer in pain and is walking down the golden streets with Jesus after hearing "well done good and faithful servant".
Say an extra prayer for Julie and the kids, his sisters Soni, Sally, and Holly and their families as well. I know his parents Don and Harriet really well and they must be heart broken. No parent wants their children to die before they do, so remember them.
This just proves that can be short and fragile, we must be ready to go at anytime. So make sure that you live your life to the fullest everyday and love those around you like it was your last day on earth. It very well may be.
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