We are not Ours

I have been watching more TV than usual since summer has started. It has only been a few days but euthanasia has been everywhere. There is a documentary on HBO called "How to Die in Oregon," and it follows various terminally ill patients and their choice to end their own lives before the disease does (In Oregon it is legal to perform assisted suicide.) Dr. Death himself, Jack Kevorkian, died this week as well.

I know there are many people who support this practice, but as a practicing catholic my beliefs have steered me to be against it.

The bottom line is we are not ours to keep. God is in control and will always be in control. It is silly for any of us to think otherwise. It breaks my heart that we live in a world were we fight tooth and nail to control things that aren't ours to control.  Whatever path God has chosen for our lives is for Him to know and Him alone  to decide when we leave this earth. God has plans for us and those we love. We need to trust in Him instead of trying to control everything on our own.

This is our temporary home. This is our temporary body, and life. We are here for a purpose. Even in our suffering we are to be an example of Christ. In helping others through their suffering we are supposed to serve as Christ served.  It must be terrible to know you are going to die due to an illness, but I can only imagine how terrible it would be to know that 3 days from know you have made an appointment to die. I pray for those going through such a terrible situation, and those helping those go through those things.

I don't get angry about those who support this, I am just disappointed and saddened that this is the world we live in and can only imagine how the Father feels.

We live in a culture of death and it doesn't seem to be getting any better.  The sooner we realize we are not ours our eyes are opened to a whole new perspective on life, and death.