Have you ever wondered why you are here?  Have you ever questioned God about your purpose in life?  I have had someone ask me that question.  I willl call her Sue.  Sue is approaching the ripe ol’ age of 100 and is ready to die.  She is frail and can’t get around anymore.  So Sue asks me quite often why God has not taken her yet and each time I am at a loss for words.  I don’t want to deliver some off the shelf comment that she could find herself, but I want to comfort her in some way.  Then yesterday I was talking to a mutual friend of Sue and heard her response to the question.  She said, "Well, God has something for you to do yet.  Maybe God is waiting for you to touch someone’s life.  Eitherway, God is using you for something."  This sounds like an off-the-shelf comment, but then something I read this morning put this wise response into perspective for me.  Martin Luther writes, "Christ does not take us out of this world.  Rather, he leaves us in the world after baptism so that others will be strengthened and encouraged by our example."  Sue has no idea what God wants her to do or whose life she has yet to touch.  But looking back on my last two years getting to know Sue, she has touched my life.  Sue’s questions to me has been a proclamation of her faith.  She knows she will be with Christ and can’t wait to see him.  Christ needs each of us to be that example to others because through the cross we too will see Christ again.  Take care, Sue, I and we will see you again in our Father’s House.  Amen!