Timely reminder

How timely indeed is today's reading from Our Daily Bread (Friday, March 31 2006).

"Lord, make me to know my end, and what is the measure of my days, that I may know how frail I am." - Psalm 39:4

The front page of today's Star newspaper flashed the words "Copter Horror". A general manager of a developer company had his brains literally blown out by the rotating blades of a helicopter that was used to survey his property development site. A colleague of mine mentioned that it was akin to a scene from the movie "Final Destination". Indeed it was tragic, a freak accident which may never have happened had he not gone back to check on something. Many people deem it as fate, that his "time was up". However, for me this serves as a timely reminder that our lives are so frail, as the Psalmist says. We do not know how many more days, months or years we have left on this earth. God alone knows and He alone determines our existence. He has put us here for a purpose, and if we were to truly live out that purpose, we will truly learn to appreciate the real meaning of life, and everyday that we still breathe, we will remember that life is indeed a blessing, a gift from God.