Life....

In my previous post, I talked about how Death has affected my life these past few weeks....
        In thinking about death, however, I can't but help think about life....

 If I was to die today, would I be ready to go?

     Have I said something I shouldn't have?  Or is there something I need to say?

         When was the last time I told my family I loved them?                             

               Have I left a task undone?

                     Did I say good-bye as I walked out the door, or did I just rush off in haste, leaving people behind who wished they had said good-bye that morning?

 I have sometimes felt like Life has flowed on around me, while I've sat on the bank watching it... And now I'm trying to wade back in but nothing is the same anymore.... And yet, nothing has changed.

Pastor Mike was talking a couple of Sundays ago, and his text was 2 Chronicles 21:20 - He was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years; and he departed with no one's regret, and they buried him in the city of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.
     He died to no one's regret - no one cared that he was dead.... And that just really hit me - not that I want people to miss me, but I want to impact them for good...

I have been thinking about Heaven a lot lately.... to just sit at my Heavenly Father's feet and worship Him forever and ever.... To be free from the struggle and strife that consumes this world....  What a reminder that we were not made for this earth - we were made for Heaven.
      And yes, life isn't only about the destination, it's about the journey...

                And yet, the journey sometimes seems so long....

   But such is life.... A struggle, a pursuit.... Otherwise Paul would not have encouraged us to run the race with perseverance as often as he did in the New Testament....

        Phil. 1:21 states: For me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.

 Lord, may every day I live be lived for you, and I look forward to the day when I may live in Your Presence for all of eternity.  For only then will I truly gain everything that is worth having.


     In His Love,
         Christy