Life is but a shimmer in the great expanse of time and space...

Getting a call after dinner from a girl hysterically screaming at you to pray for her dad because he's dying isn't what you would expect after a long day at work but, that was what i had to contend with last Tuesday. Guin's dad had a haemorraghic stroke on Tuesday morning. He was prioritised for surgery immediately. The surgeons cleared 80% of the blood spill but could not do much more than that. He was called home to be with the Father later that evening. As the elevator doors opened for us on the 5th floor of the General Hospital, the doctors had just called the time and were removing the various tubes and wires coiled around his lifeless body. His spirit had been raised heavenbound. Linda became a shoulder to cry on for Guin and her sister Marianne (who used to be Linda's student). They were missing him more than they were sad at his passing. They know where he's headed and they rejoice and look forward to seeing him again one day.

A few days later, the Mayor of Kuching City South died after a short fight with pancreatic cancer. Again, St. Faith's Church sent off one of its own. Rest in Peace Mr. Mayor.

Let's rejoice and celebrate life for it is short and uncertain. Let us place our hope in the only certainty of life which is in its passing - and the gift that Christ gave us on the cross - eternal life.