Or it could stalk us slowly and relentlessly, like a cancer eating its way through our body. It comes in many ways, but it does come. It seldom seems fair. It surprises and shocks us. Being human, we live a fragile existence.
Death comes close.
In the lesson read earlier, Isaiah painted a prophetic picture of what that Friday would be. He described a Suffering Savior who would stand in our place, take our punishment, take our place in death. Death for us would be justice. It is the punishment that fits our crimes. We have disobeyed God, which is deserving of death.