Anything but Invincible

Within weeks, four people I once knew--dead. 4 people, 3 seperate car accidents, a 2 week time frame. Additionaly, my built-like-a-rock uncle had a tremendous bout with death after a routine surgery and at this very moment machines are beeping in ICU, hooked up to my invincible uncle. (as of Nov. 13, 06) And yet another friend, someone I looked up to, was just moved out of ICU into another wing of the hospital. Finally, one other family member is on a fast decline as well, and will soon die. We put up the Christmas tree early this year so that we wouldn't have to if he were to die.
Some deaths deemed avoidable, others unexpected. What does it mean that those 4 killed were all under the age of 30? Nothing. A long life, retirement, and the chance to get things right with ourselves, our families and our God is not our right as mere men.
How invincible I once felt.
Death is not unthinkable--it's our very destiny. It is appointed for man to die. Appointed. We as sons of men are destined to die, then to face judgment.