Omar Henry, Boxer, Christian - Now Training In Heaven's Gym

Omar Henry died early this morning after a valiant fight with stage 4 gall bladder cancer. He will be remembered by most of the world as a fabulous amateur light middleweight boxer who had aspirations of reaching stardom in the professional ranks.
Henry's amateur career was indeed special as he amassed a spectacular 60 win, 5 loss record. He was a four time Texas Golden Glove champ and a National Golden Glove quarter finalist. His professional career was short lived because of his illness but was showing glimpses of greatness. He signed a contract with Don King and he won 10 of his first 12 fights with first round knockouts. One of his last boxing accomplishments was to serve as a sparring partner for Floyd Merriweather Jr. in March of 2012. The late fall diagnosis of cancer was battled courageously by Henry. He spent three months in the University of Chicago Hospital. Omar Henry was 25 and he Tweeted a month ago that he hoped to make it to his 26th birthday but he was unable to make it a reality. Omar would of turned 26 a week from today.
Omar will be remembered by boxing enthusiasts as one of the most promising prospects to come along in several years. But death is always an unwelcome visitor. The Bible tells us that Omar Henry and everyone of us have an appointment with death.

Hebrews 9
 ²⁷ And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

Job 14 

1 Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble.

² He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
³ And doth thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?
⁴ Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
⁵ Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

While boxing enthusiasts will remember the boxer I want to honor Omar the Christian. Just a few weeks ago in the midst of a brave fight against cancer and aware of his fate he made a revealing Tweet to his fans. You can read it here  Omar was praising his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in his last days here on earth. I always feel joy and relief when I hear of the saving faith of a departed celeb or athlete. Sometimes I get to thinking that the world is void of believers but I know that the Lord has multitudes of His children who are faithfully following Him and awaiting His arrival. Omar is truly training in God's gym now, I look forward to meeting him soon.
If you were diagnosed with stage 4 cancer today are you ready for the possible outcome of death? Believe on Christ today, trust Him as Savior now..