Year 2005 has finally come. Keep thinking if I'm ready or not but then I realised it doesn't matter. Whether you're ready or not, today will still become yesterday. Time will not wait for you whether you're ready or not, old or young, rich or poor, male or female, strong or weak. Much like that fateful tidal waves tragedy last Sunday. Tears continue to be shed as more lives are claimed.
Went to a wake service for a sister in church who was killed in Phuket when the tidal waves hit. Never like going to funerals or wake services, simply because I never quite know what to say to the family members. Even though I didn't know her personally, and her face looked unfamiliar, still, I shared the sorrow of her friends and family as they are still trying to come to terms with the loss of their beloved wife/mother/sis in law/aunt/friend. What do you say to someone who has lost their loved ones so suddenly? What words of comfort can you possibly offer to make them feel less painful? The only comfort the family has is that they know she is in good hands and that this is only a temporary separation. Still, we human beings naturally feel a deep sense of sorrow when someone so dear to you is no longer around physically. Coping with that reality for the next 10, 20, 30 years is the tough part.
Couldn't help but thinking, as I watched her sister in law delivered the eulogy in tears, how would I cope if it happens to me. Yes, it could've happened to anyone. Life is fair. God is fair.