God is not on your side so get busy!

` God is not looking out for you, nor is God out to get you. I always get a kick from people who escape unharmed from some hazardous event (a storm or a car wreck) and claim that "God was looking for me," or "God must have a higher purpose for me," or "I must have a Guardian Angel." The reason that they make these claims is the fear of death, it makes surviving a catastrophe seem miraculous.
` Of course the other side of "God was looking out for me during the plane crash," is "God had it out for everyone that died in the crash." You never hear anyone say that, other than a few confused religious fanatics - ridiculous from any one's lips. If you happen to be in the right place at some critical moment you survive, if not, you die. It's pure chance.
` Death is only important to us. Death is not important to God. God is infinite and death plays no part in the infinite. When we die we simple return to God's fold. If you believe in a continuous soul then death is just a transition from this world to the next. However, having a continuous soul is a matter of faith and things that require faith, by definition, can't be proved. That's why we fear death. We can't know absolutely that our essence, our soul will continue after death. If death was a bad thing it wouldn't be part of nature. All things die.
` If you survived a hurricane because your home held together and your nieghbor's didn't and you now feel the need to get more education, to help the homeless, to start going to the church, to fight crime, to get into better shape, then by all means do so. Sometimes we need a boot in the butt to get started. Too often we don't do things we should. We'll get to it next week when we feel better, when we don't have so much on our mind, so much on our plate.
` You're not predestined to any thing, place, or event. The best part of our earthly life is that we have Free Will. We choose what we do, where we go, what seat on the plane we want (sitting near the back of the plane will increase your odds of surviving a crash - so much for First Class - God must out to get those people sitting in First Class).
` Don't wait for your "brush with death" to accomplish the important things, after all, you have no proof of a continuous soul. Accomplish what you can now. Get in touch with old friends. Mend broken family ties. Tell the ones you love that they are important to you, that you love them. You make your own Heaven or Hell right now, right here. Don't give up. Don't surrender an unfinished life to death. You have Free Will. Exercise it. Don't wait for God to remind you. Our world is full of dangers from which you have no protection, so get busy!