This afternoon I received a big surprise that made me think about the reasons reunions and staying in touch with friends and family are so special. Life is indeed precious.
My regular barber named Darrell Lynch was killed in a car accident on Memorial Day.
Darrell was born and raised in Greensboro, NC and he and his wife have one daughter.
I never met his wife nor child but he and I would talk about our families everytime I went to get a haircut.
He was a devout Christian and was just telling his friends and coworkers about "wanting to take his praise to the next level whatever that might be".
I believe that he achieved it through the grace of God.
He was making a left turn late at night and was not wearing a seat belt due a relative dying while wearing a seat belt. I cannot quite comprehend his logic behind not wearing a seat belt for himself.
Regardless, we have to make sure that we are not setting our families and children especially up to fail by not planning for our sudden demise if it should ever come that way.
This is the reason they are called accidents: no one plans for them to happen.
But as we seek to put food on the table and prepare our descendants for their futures, we can put them really ahead of the game by planning and covering ourselves if we were to suddenly leave them as well as through seeing them grow into mature, responsible adults.
Darrell was covered both spiritually and financially. His daughter requires special care and although no one could ever have fully predicted that he (or any of us) would leave this earth in the manner that he did, those left behind do not have to suffer twice for our good intentions that were never put into action.
I will definitely take Darrell's testimony and legacy into my new career as a financial advisor and my ministry.
Darrell is definitely an inspiration and encouragement even in death.
Peace,
Roney
http://www.roneysmith.com
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