Time

Time is promised to no one.  We've all heard that before.  Usually we reflect on things like this when we lose a loved one, or we have a life changing event.  This weekend my grandmother celebrated her 99th birthday! 99 years!  If that's not a blessing, I don't know what is!  Same weekend my father in law passed away. I spent about 30 minutes on the phone with grandma talking about everything from the weather to my new recipe for cooking a ham (came out great--ask me my secret!).  I spent several hours consoling my wife and kids, making travel plans for her, making plans for the kids and myself while she's gone, plus doing what I can to help lift her spirits during this difficult time. 

Why don't we have an appreciation for things more frequently?  Is it because we lose track of what's important day to day? Maybe. We only get one life to live.  How we live it says a lot about who we are and what we value.  Matt 6:19-21 says "do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.  But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."   

You can tell what's important to someone by where they spend their time--put forth their effort. I am certainly not one to judge--I've misspent plenty of time and opportunity in my life on frivolous things.  Ultimately I have to live with those decisions. Only thing I can do now is make sure my focus is what's important to me--not what other's think should be important to me.  It's your one and only life, how are you living it?