Nathan Green (far right)

Warwick has a good friend, Nathan Green, in Raytown, Missouri. Those of you who believe in prayer, please be doing so for my friend. Just a few weeks ago, Nathan wasn’t feeling up to much, he went to the doctor for what he thought might just be a routine visit and left with a grim diagnosis. Nathan has stage 4, terminal bile-duct cancer. He’s just 35 and he and his wife Christy have been married for 10years now. Hospice doesn’t believe he’ll make it beyond just a few more weeks~…what do you say to that? What’s important in life? Let me ask you…reading this…what’s REALLY important in life?

I called Nathan the other day, and have been putting it off because I didn’t know what to say. What do you say to a 35 year old friend who is expected to pass away in just a couple of short weeks? As soon as I got him on the phone, he immediately started to comfort me. He said he’s been doing a lot of that lately, just comforting people that are coming to see him and those that have called him. He so peaceful. “I’m ready to go Warwick” he told me, “the only thing that worries me is how Christy will be taken care of, you know, I am actually looking forward to it and I am beginning to get really excited…that’s because I know where I am going”. I paused for a minute, and got a knot in my throat, I know where Nathan’s going, I have no doubt in my mind. I know where I am going too…and I am a little bit jealous that Nathan will get to say “hey” to Peter before I will We all know where we want to go, but do you know it you’ll be there? I know God is clear in His word that he desires to “KNOW” us, that word “to know” in the original text it was written means to “know” someone like you know your own spouse…intimately ~ do you know Jesus Christ that well? When you stand before Him, will He say “Welcome my good and faithful servant” or will he say “Depart from me, I never knew you”…

…think about it and think about what’s most important in life.

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