Are you right with God?

Dear Friends-
I hope everyone is doing well and having a productive workweek. My week started with shocking and sad news of a good friend from high school who was murdered senselessly in Atlanta. I pray that his family and friends are comforted with God's peace during this difficult time.
As I thought about the situation more, I also prayed that Marc knew the Lord and had a relationship with Him. My grandmother in heaven always used to remind me that her prayers couldn't save her children- that we had to know the Lord for ourselves. My grandmother who is still alive would also remind me to get myself right with God because "we know not the day, nor the hour". I pray that Marc is in heaven with the Lord.

But what about you? If your life was to end today, can you be sure that you're right with God? It's not about good works- good works and "being a good person" is not enough get us into heaven. Do you spend time with the Lord in prayer? Do you give him the first ten percent of your week by attending church? Are you investing in the relationship at all? If there's anything you can do to improve your relationship with Him, start doing it now. Make the connection with God and be sure that no matter when your hour comes, He will say, "well done thy good and faithful servant".

In the meantime, be blessed,
K.
(An article about Marc is below)

Matthew 24

36 “However, no one knows the day or hour when these things will happen, not even the angels in heaven or the Son himself.[k] Only the Father knows.
37 “When the Son of Man returns, it will be like it was in Noah’s day. 38 In those days before the flood, the people were enjoying banquets and parties and weddings right up to the time Noah entered his boat. 39 People didn’t realize what was going to happen until the flood came and swept them all away. That is the way it will be when the Son of Man comes.
40 “Two men will be working together in the field; one will be taken, the other left. 41 Two women will be grinding flour at the mill; one will be taken, the other left.
42 “So you, too, must keep watch! For you don’t know what day your Lord is coming. 43 Understand this: If a homeowner knew exactly when a burglar was coming, he would keep watch and not permit his house to be broken into. 44 You also must be ready all the time, for the Son of Man will come when least expected.

DeKalb businessman shot in the head
By ANDRIA SIMMONS
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Sunday, February 15, 2009
A DeKalb County businessman found dead over the weekend in the parking lot of a Duluth restaurant was killed by a gunshot to the head, an autopsy concluded.
Questions remain about why 38-year-old Marc Stewart was killed, and when. His body was found on Valentine’s Day — several days after his wife reported him missing — in a parked car at Bahama Breeze at 3590 Breckinridge Boulevard. It was the second fatal shooting to occur in the restaurant’s parking lot in the past seven months, and the fourth homicide in the vicinity of Gwinnett Place Mall since July.

Stewart was last seen leaving his home in Stone Mountain around 8:30 a.m. Wednesday. A patron at the restaurant told police that the victim appeared to be sleeping inside a parked Ford Explorer when she arrived at the restaurant Saturday evening. The woman honked her car horn to wake him, but he was unresponsive, a police report said.
Stewart was president and chief executive officer of Island Coast Entertainment, a 10-year-old event planning company based in Atlanta.