Having ministered to many people at death’s door, the things that were important to them were faith, friends, and family. Having a near-death experience, getting a fatal disease, receiving a bad medical report–growing old for the Christian brings clarity to what is important. And as you face eternity, it won’t be your income, education or sports history, your school or your pets that will be important. It will be people, your family, church family and friends. Things don’t matter, events never last, even books will be destroyed with this planet–trophy’s break, teams graduate, activities end, houses burn . . . but people are eternal–people matter.