Friday, May 2, 2014

How am I Making my Life Count?

                      "Live like there's no tomorrow"
 This has always been one of my favorite quotes, and yet it has been used so often and so carelessly that I tend to miss it's meaning. It has been a long time since I stopped and actually thought about what this really means. A few mornings ago, we were talking about the world and how it seems like we are living in the end times. This quote popped into my mind and made me stop and think. We don't know when Jesus will come back and the  world as we know it will end. I tend to take for granted that it won't end while I am living and that I will just die of  'old age'. But I don't know that! There may be a day coming when we will not have the things that we have today. It won't be possible to 'follow our dreams'. So what if  I took that quote seriously? What if I really lived like there was no tomorrow? How would that affect my life? My days? It's a sobering thought to me, because how many days have passed  with me spending half the day  not doing something worthwhile? Yes I do stuff that needs to get done, and it's important, but what about the rest of the moments of my day? If I knew that this was the last day I would have to live, what would I do? What would I not do? Is there something that I would  regret not doing? I want to live with these questions close to my heart. I believe it would help me to live more like each day counts and push me to spend my days doing things that really are important. I want to live each day as if it's a life of it's own, and like it's the last day I will ever get to spend on earth. God says our days are like a vapor, or a tale quickly told, and I want my life's tale to be told as one that honored my Lord.

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