Last month, tragedy came to visit us once more. We were shocked as a normal Friday afternoon turned to fear, anxiety, and finally confirmation of the worst kind of news. While traveling to Arizona over spring break, our dear friends were involved in a car accident. Sam, an owner of the company I work for, was alive and at a local hospital with extensive injuries. His wife Sarah, and 18 year old daughter Sophia, had been killed in the accident. In the four days after the accident, Sam was surrounded by friends and his two sons (age 21 and 24) as they worked on his injuries. With all the best efforts from the hospital staff, Sam’s life could not be spared. He, too, finally passed away from his injuries.

It’s now been over a month since the accident. There has been a lot of time to reflect on life, and death. Ecclesiastes 7:2 says that it is “Better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting. For that is the end of all men; and the living will take it to heart.”

Well, we certainly take this loss to heart. We miss these people! We miss seeing them every day. We miss their silliness, their big smiles, their full lives. We miss their enthusiasm and the vision they cast for everyone in their lives.

There was a post-it note on Sam’s desk, one that was recently written. It simply said, “Get to Living”. I have gotten to know some of the story behind those words, and I have taken it to heart.

GTL: Get to Living — But What Kind of Life?

The phrase “Get to Living” resonates with energy, passion, and purpose. It calls us to seize the day, to live fully, to not waste the precious time we’ve been given. But as recent tragedies have reminded us, the kind of life we pursue matters deeply.

Jesus said in John 10:10, “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.” There’s a life that looks full on the outside—adrenaline, ambition, indulgence—but it’s a counterfeit. Rooted in the flesh, it ultimately leaves emptiness, and loss in its wake.

But there’s another way: a life wholly devoted to the glory of God through Jesus Christ. This life is not built on temporary thrills but on eternal truths. It is a life rich with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places (Ephesians 1:3). It is a life that can never be stolen, and will never return void, no matter what comes.

For those in Christ, even death is not the end—it’s gain (Philippians 1:21). Death is not loss, but fullness in the presence of God. The inheritance is secure. It’s not what I leave behind that matters most, instead it’s what is stored up for me in heaven.

So brothers, let us still Get to Living—but let us be clear: real living is found in Christ. Let our legacy not be in what we consumed or accomplished for ourselves, but in what we gave, how we loved, and whom we served. That life is abundant. That life is eternal. That life is worth everything.