Which is more beneficial?

I received a sms from a good old sec. sch fren this afternoon and realise that a friend of mine had passed on. He was running and playing soccer one moment and suddenly collapsed and went into fits.

When i first heard the news, flashes of the times i spend with this fren kept running through my mind. His laughter, his stupid jokes and even the way he liked to flip his fringe with his hands. He was a friend of mine when we were in secondary school, we were from different classes but we did work a few times together in school projects as we both were prefects.

The point of this blog is.

When i contrast the sudden death of this fren and the petty quarrels and arguements which i see arnd me, plus those which i am personally involved in, I feel kinda discouraged. It's like all those time wasted on quarelling, arguing and being angry can be used to encourage, edify and even spread the Word of His love to my frens!

However, from the death of this fren, i also realised that God has opened a single door for me to share Christ with another friend. I pray that God will use this and make it into a miralce. I pray that I will not allow the devil to have a foothold in my life and that I can be used by God as an instrument to not just serve Him in church but also to most importantly fulfill His great commission which is to make disciples of all nations... may God help me and all of us.

"Flee the evil desires of youth, and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart. Don't have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments, because you know they produce quarrels. And the Lord's servant must not quarrel; instead, he must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful. Those who oppose him he must gently instruct, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth, and that they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will." 2 Tim 2:19