Monday, October 27, 2014

St. Louis Cardinal Outfielder dead at 22

Oscar Taveras, along with his girlfriend, were killed in a car crash yesterday.  The news continues to rock the Cardinal Nation.  Stunning and seemingly impossible, death has snatched yet another from our presence.

Verses in the Bible such as life is just a vapor resonate so very clearly on this day after.  I am so glad God has put an end to death for He has insisted that this life is temporary as He calls us into a permanent life that will not quit.

Colossians 3:1-3 would seem so meaningful this early morning as we are called to hide our lives in Jesus who defeated the grave.  To be buried in him in baptism (Romans 6:3-5) places each of us into the temporary grave of Jesus.

Life is many things.  One of them is temporary.  Regardless of class, rank, and status, each of us just must invest our own souls in the One who beat the death rap.

May Oscar's family and friends know that we celebrate his young and successful life.  He was a sensational rookie.  May he rest in peace.

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