Be urgent.

A missionary shared this in a recent letter sent to my family. I think it's a pretty good reminder of the urgency we, as Christians, must have.

"Just a thought: Last Friday robbers broke into a house just outside of Nairobi and murdered the missionary living there. He left behind a wife and two young children. I did not know these people, but it struck me once again how fragile life is. We could be called home at anytime. Any minute, for any number of reasons, we could lose this body forever. Why, then, do we get caught up in the petty disagreements and hurt feelings that plague the body of Christ? Why, then, do we have no sense of urgency to share with an unbeliever? Why do we hide our faith in the privacy of our homes, when we should be proclaiming it everywhere we go? Mother Teresa knew that the way we live our lives proclaims the power of Christ, but she also knew that speaking would become necessary. Often Christians today say that they are sharing the gospel through their daily lives, but they don’t follow through with the spoken word. People can see that your life is different and that your priorities are different, but how will they know why unless you also speak. Life is fragile, have an urgency, share your faith."