A Sad Irony

At church, we've been doing a book study called "One Month to Live" by Kerry and Chris Shook. It's all about living your entire life the way you would if you found out you only had 30 days left to live -- doing things that count, not regretting things -- stuff like that. An admirable goal to shoot for, but since we've started this study...

1. The man who was our pastor's mentor -- the man who got him started in the ministry -- was gunned down by a deranged nutbag while giving his Sunday morning service.

2. A vocal supporter and part time minister in our church died suddenly from a heart attack.

3. A long time church member, died from a mysterious ailment he contracted after having cataract surgery.

I could also mention the strange death of Natasha Richardson, but she had absolutely nothing to do with our church. Still, it is odd to have so many deaths happen while doing a book study called "One Month to Live".

Don't you think?