A friend’s nephew died in Iraq, a casualty of war, found by a sniper’s bullet.

He died in Iraq because he lived in Iraq. How simple is that? Very simple. Yet profound, I suspect.

Anyway, my thoughts wandered that little bit, connecting “real life” with this Scripture:

“No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier” (2 Timothy 2:4).

I wonder if the opposite is true: No man entangled in the affairs of this life warreth; thus he fails to please Him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.

Am I at war?

What kind of a warrior am I?

How focused am I on the mission?

Do the affairs of this life entangle me?

Is my Commander pleased with me?