So Long, Chris Love

It is always a shock and surprise when you hear of some young athlete dying suddenly in the prime of life. Former ISU quarterback Chris Love died of cancer earlier this week at the age of 24. As Brent Blum wrote on CycloneNation:

Love never received much attention. He didn’t put up gaudy numbers. All he did was go out and get his work done, day-after-day. He was by all accounts a fantastic teammate and a great man. In all families, you need your bread-winners and stage-grabbers. But just as important you need someone in the shadows working hard to keep the family thriving. To keep it together. And that’s what Cris was. A leading part of the Cardinal and Gold family. Forever a Cyclone.

My heart goes out to Chris' family. Deaths like this remind me that life is so very short. And at the end of it all, it is not the rewards and accolades of this brief life that matter.

Only one life, 'twill soon be passed.
Only what's done for Christ will last.