He had made a very clear choice. His life would be nothing less than extraordinary. He would go to great lengths to follow God and pursue his destiny. There would be life to the full for this young man, nothing less. He carried a sense of urgency for today accompanied by a deep security for the future. HE KNEW WHERE HE WOULD END UP. Each day would be priceless and he wouldn't delay in running the kind of race most would give up on. From the day he was born to the day he left us he was running into the arms of The Father. He would leave a great legacy through a clear statement of a surrendered life to God and to the world that he belonged to Jesus. Stamped across his chest was the message that would permeate long after his departure:

FOR TO ME, TO LIVE IS CHRIST AND TO DIE IS GAIN.