Life is precious. Most of us don't realize just HOW precious until we come close to losing it.
We had a discussion of this in Sunday School this past Sunday. There were several in our class who have come close and it has changed them forever. When you find yourself looking death in the face, you wonder if you will ever have a "normal" day again. Suddenly what once seemed ordinary and mundane in a "normal" day, looks remarkably different. You yearn for "normal" again. You pray that you WILL have "normal" days again.
But more than that...you realize suddenly what was really important and what was not. And, as a line from an old John Wayne movie says "You better get busy living or get busy dying."
A young mother who is a friend of a friend took her baby for a 6 month check up last week. Within just hours her world was turned upside down as she learned that her baby had a brain tumor. Talk about rocking your world!!!!!!!!! In her words, "Thursday my biggest 'worry' was whether or not he'd have an allergic reaction to bananas. Oh, how priorities change in a hurry and what has weight in my life flips around. The budget, summer plans... did I really spend energy worrying about these things before this weekend? " Baby Josiah was operated on Monday and they are currently waiting on the pathology reports. Please pray for this family as God brings them to mind.
Life is precious. And we need to be about the business of enjoying every second of it we can. None of us know what tomorrow brings. No one knows when we are coming to our last day. Don't let life pass you by worrying about insignificant things. Don't miss opportunities to go to lunch with a friend, read a book to your child, play ball with your son, go fishing with your grandchild, or to chat with a neighbor.
God gives us so many wonderful things to enjoy every day and yet most of the time we are too busy to notice. We are so caught up in making a buck or checking things off of our TO DO list, that we miss the really special moments God has put before us. Open your eyes today. Do not let life pass you by. Point of Grace says it best in the following song....I hope you'll think about these words and ask yourself as you do, "Am I living life or just killing time til time kills me?"
We had a discussion of this in Sunday School this past Sunday. There were several in our class who have come close and it has changed them forever. When you find yourself looking death in the face, you wonder if you will ever have a "normal" day again. Suddenly what once seemed ordinary and mundane in a "normal" day, looks remarkably different. You yearn for "normal" again. You pray that you WILL have "normal" days again.
But more than that...you realize suddenly what was really important and what was not. And, as a line from an old John Wayne movie says "You better get busy living or get busy dying."
A young mother who is a friend of a friend took her baby for a 6 month check up last week. Within just hours her world was turned upside down as she learned that her baby had a brain tumor. Talk about rocking your world!!!!!!!!! In her words, "Thursday my biggest 'worry' was whether or not he'd have an allergic reaction to bananas. Oh, how priorities change in a hurry and what has weight in my life flips around. The budget, summer plans... did I really spend energy worrying about these things before this weekend? " Baby Josiah was operated on Monday and they are currently waiting on the pathology reports. Please pray for this family as God brings them to mind.
Life is precious. And we need to be about the business of enjoying every second of it we can. None of us know what tomorrow brings. No one knows when we are coming to our last day. Don't let life pass you by worrying about insignificant things. Don't miss opportunities to go to lunch with a friend, read a book to your child, play ball with your son, go fishing with your grandchild, or to chat with a neighbor.
God gives us so many wonderful things to enjoy every day and yet most of the time we are too busy to notice. We are so caught up in making a buck or checking things off of our TO DO list, that we miss the really special moments God has put before us. Open your eyes today. Do not let life pass you by. Point of Grace says it best in the following song....I hope you'll think about these words and ask yourself as you do, "Am I living life or just killing time til time kills me?"
Wake up to the sunlight with your windows open
Don’t hold in your anger or leave things unspoken
Wear your red dress use your good dishes
Make a big mess and make lots of wishes
Have what you want, but want what you have
And don’t spend you life looking back
Turn up the music Turn it up Loud
Take a few chances Let it all out
Because you won’t regret it
Looking back from where you have been
Because it’s not who you knew and it’s not what you did
It’s how you Live
So go to the ballgames and go to the ballet
And go see your folks more than just on the holidays
Kiss all your children Dance with your wife
Tell your husband you love him every night
Don’t run from the truth cause you can’t get away
Oh no
Just face it and you’ll be ok
Turn up the music Turn it up Loud
Take a few chances Let it all out
Because you won’t regret it
Looking back from where you have been
Because it’s not who you knew and it’s not what you did
It’s how you Live
Where ever you are and wherever you’ve been
Now is a time to begin
So give to the needy and Pray for the grieving
Even when you don’t think that you can
Cause all that you do is bound to come back to you
So think of your fellow man
And make peace with God and Make peace with yourself
Oh yeah
Cause in the end there’s nobody else
Turn up the music Turn it up Loud
Take a few chances Let it all out
Because you won’t regret it
Looking back from where you have been
Because it’s not who you knew and it’s not what you did
It’s how you Live
Because it’s not who you knew and it’s not what you did
It’s how you Live
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