If you knew your death was imminent - like within minutes - and there was absolutely nothing you could do about it, what do you think you would do?Would you freak out?
Would you pray? Especially for forgiveness?
Would you try and call loved ones? Which ones?
What if you couldn't contact anyone?
For some reason I think about this when I fly. Not with any morbid panic, "we're all going to die" mindset. But just in a subdued fact of reality that it could happen.
I know what I would do. I would grab the iPhone and pull up I Can Only Imagine. I am not usually a big fan of Christian music, but I Can Only Imagine is great simply because it has no answers, just one open-ended statement-question: I Can Only Imagine?
I Can Only Imagine by Mercy Me
If I had an extra couple of minutes I would probably pull up one more: Brooke White's performance of Let It Be on American Idol. I often listen to this after I have had a really bad day. It is incredibly calming.
Let It Be - Brooke White (American Idol Version)
Other close contenders were Come What May the Moulin Rouge version and Hear You Me by Jimmy Eat World.
I think I would also try and get off one quick text message - hoping that I would get cell coverage before impact. It would probably go to Allen - strange I know - but I don't know anyone who empathetically, but helpfully breaks bad news to people better than him.
It would read:
Going down. All is well. Tell all I love them, not to be angry, and to keep living life to the fullest
It wouldn't be long, and I wouldn't send out more than one. I'd get that off, sit back, and let the moment of worship take me into eternity - whatever that may be.
I don't really know why I blogged about this today. Maybe it was last night's show. It just came to my mind for some reason and I figured I would share. That's what I would hope for in my final moments, what do you think you would do?






