Remembering, Part 2

I would like to continue sharing about the thoughts from yesterday. I truly believe that God uses daily events to reveal to us and teach us about divine principles by which we need to live. It is so easy to live carelessly even as believers. We can become so trapped in the daily routine of our family, employment and even our participation in our relationship with God that we drift away from Biblical truth that should be making a difference in our lives. But thankfully the Love of God sends warnings to us and He offers to awaken our hearts so that we will not completely drift off course. I believe that God reminded me of the brevity of life and that He desires for me to share that reminder with you. You may not be guilty of forgetting this principle but each of us need to have our hearts sensitive to the teachings of the Bible so that the Truth revealed can be applied to our walk with Christ.

 

God used two events or circumstances last week to reinforce the principle revealed in James 4. I shared the eulogy of a gentleman that passed away in his early 50's. He was diagnosed with cancer just a few days before his life ended on this earth. I was privileged to lead this man to pray the sinner's prayer as he realized that his earthly life was vanishing and that he needed to prepare for eternity. My wife and I also visited a dear friend of ours who is in the final stages of her battle with Alzheimer's. This lady served as a surrogate mother to my wife and a surrogate grandmother to our children. (We lived in our Kentucky and our parents lived in Alabama.) This Christian lady began her battle with this terrible disease at an early age and her family has watched her life "vanish" over the past few years. Life is a short span that God allows us to enjoy with our family and friends regardless of our age when we die. We do not need to take life for granted and we do not need to take each other for granted. Let us celebrate every day that God gives to us and let us cherish those people that God places in our lives. Let us take the time to develop a heart-felt relationship with Christ and commit out lives to His direction. We only come through this earthly body once and we need to make sure that we recognize the brevity of our life. Each of us need to live in such a manner that our life glorifies our Heavenly Father and encourages those people that God places in our path.