In every one's lifetime they experience death, either someone else's or their own. I found out a friend of mine from high school passed away. And though I thought I understood how everything has its allotted time and nothing more here on earth, this friend's very early passing reminded me just how finite we all are.
This computer I am at, is finite. Music I am listening to, as we know it, is finite. I am finite. This earth, as we continue destroying it at rapidly increasing rates, is finite. Surrounded by finitude I catch myself often longing for more, needing more.
Death does that to us. It drops finity into our lives and makes us understand and question reality: Is there something after this life? If so, do we long to be eternal? Or do we want this to be it?
I long for more personally, but I didn't cling to more until I was aware, physically aware that I was finite, till God had me face Death. Now I cling to His infinitude, as Tozer names it. I just wish it wouldn't take us experiencing finite things to cling to the Infinite One. If only we lived for the Infinite without reminders of our finity.
Lord,
May we cling to the Infinite, Your Infinitude without all the reminders. But if it is time for a reminder, may we use it to cling to each other and to You more. I hope Lord my friend is enjoying being Your friend in heaven. I hope he is enjoying Your Infinity.
P.S. Yes I am pretty sure I made up the word "finity," but I like it.
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