a friend that's gone

Yesterday I found out that a friend of mine and my brother’s had died. He attempted to swim across a river and ended up drowning. They were searching for his body and just found it. When I first heard that he was missing and then later when it was confirmed that he had died I was in shock. It was kind of crazy to think back and remember that not long ago we were in school and everything was fine and now he’s gone. I’ve never really lost anyone that I was close too and just knowing that he wasn’t that much older than me made death more of a reality. In my head I knew it could happen, but now it’s so much more real. It’s a sobering thought, but it’s so important to be ready to go at any time...

"That ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name." John 20:31