Yesterday I talked about how all of us come to times in are lives that are proverbial "forks in the road" where we have to choose. We can either choose to submit our thinking to God's will and direction or we can choose to submit God's will and direction to our thinking. When we choose the former, we find ourselves walking with God. When we choose the latter, we can find ourselves fighting against God.
Sometimes, however, the road of life here on earth ends sooner than we expect, even when we choose the right fork in the road. That happened this week to Kyle Christian.
Kyle chose to submit his thinking to God throughout his 28 years on earth. He chose to submit his thinking to God's will and direction and spent his time here in Arizona investing in the lives of teenagers during a very difficult time in the Youth Ministry at RBC. His example and his investment in the lives of students provided stability to the students and encouragement for the staff. He was part of a group of adults who set the foundation for some of the phenomenal things God is doing now.
He chose to submit his thinking to God's will and direction by heading back to the Midwest, where he ended up meeting and marrying his wife Abi.
He chose to submit his thinking to God's will and direction when he discovered only months after his wedding that he had Leukemia. Julie, Rachel, and I had the opportunity to connect with him last November. In the midst of all that was happening, we left our time together understanding that Kyle was still taking the right fork in the road.
He chose to submit his thinking to God's will and direction when his condition worsened. And earlier this week, God chose to end Kyle's journey here on earth. While the road that Kyle was traveling on here on earth ended sooner than expected, there is no doubt about what road Kyle is traveling on now. He no longer sees in a mirror dimly- he now sees His Savior face to face.
While we currently are traveling on different roads, I can take comfort in the fact that someday we will be on the same road again- a road where the pain and the hurts of this world will be replaced with the relationship with God and the relationships with one another that we were created to experience for all eternity.
Kyle just gets to travel on that road a little sooner than we do.
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