God Alone Knows The Number Of Our Days

Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. Psalm 139:16   God is the only one that knows the number of our days. People leaving here and it is not Covid -19 that is taking them. In the last year, so many people left the present for eternity, and as I think of the names I can think of only one of my acquaintances that left for eternity due to Covid.  I have a friend whose days are short and Covid kept us from drinking coffee every morning. Before Covid meet at Hardee's for a cup of coffee almost every morning. His days are short and I don't know what to say. We could have had the last year to visit but Covid took it away from us, but that is not what is taking him. Cancer has invaded his body.  There is no mask to protect from cancer. There is no vaccine to protect from cancer. God has the number of our days. There is nothing I can say or do except trust God, he has the number and he is the only one that knows the number. That number did not change with Covid. I saw a 34-year-old mother of two left here for eternity, just a short time ago a 13-year old that we have prayed over for 5 years left for eternity because of bone cancer. A dear friend from church in her 70's left here because of Kidney failure.  I hate that we missed all the cups of coffee and conversation that went with it because of Covid but it is not Covid that is taking him.  I see people so fearful of Covid like an 80-year old wears a mask and a face shield and you can't recognize who she is underneath all that protection and it is not covid that we need to fear. What can I say, I was afraid to go visit because of Covid, and it is cancer taking him. It doesn't make any sense. I have a relative that has only a small portion of his heart working and relatively healthy people are leaving before him. It doesn't make any sense. God alone knows the number of our days. They are written down in his book. He already knows what disease or accident will come our way.  If I die in my sleep, God already knows. If I contract some illness if it is Covid or something else like cancer, God already has it written down.  If my heart just stops someday God already knows what day that will be. Name an age and somebody is leaving. As I get older there are more of them.  Would I do differently if I knew, maybe but I am not sure if even that would change what I do? I know I can go at any time but does it affect me and what I do? Life is short even at plus 60 years it has gone by fast and I know I am in the last third of my life. It could be the last decade, the last month, the last day. Or if God allows I could have another 40 years. Only God knows the number of our days and has them already documented. God bless, LVZ.