For a decent part of my youth, the idea of me one day dying was alien at best. After suriving a few near-death experiences as a teenager, I felt even more like death would escape me. When I nearly died in this car accident a few years ago, it was the closest thing to death I had ever felt, but I am pretty sure something in me started to feel like I was never going to die. Probably sounds silly, I know.
However, nothing has caused me to believe in my own mortality than all of the aches and pains I feel all over my body. Caused in large part to all of the surgeries and trauma that I’ve experienced, my age is making them worse day by day.
Barring something pretty stinking miraculous, I will die one day and you will too.
Better get busy living!
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death brings life and its beauty brilliantly into focus.
Hey Sir! I know what you mean, but never forget "we're still in our 20s" and that's my story and I'm sticking to it…at least for the next four weeks..lol! I have NO desire to live forever, but I sure would like to live long enough to know my true purpose and accomplished it!
We need to stop worrying about how long we have to live and be more focused on how well we live. I wrote a blog related to this topic yesterday… http://ad.vu/6dxq
hmmm… this morning God gave me the number 61… I didn't understand what he was saying to me so I read both psalms 61 and Isaiah 61… Isaiah is about the promise coming to pass… He keeps telling me that it is here… but why keep saying it… anyways… I read you today and psalms is a blessing of long life to the king… funny that your name is king… you are surely the king in your house… so I give psalms 61 to you today… as a blessing of long life and happiness… God bless you…
A few years ago a friend of mine died – very suddenly, in a freak tragic accident at her home. She was in her 30's and had 2 young children, just like me. In a split second, those two precious kids lost their mom. It was a shock to all who knew her and definitely a "wake up call"….
Life is a GIFT – fleeting and precious.
We should never put off LIVING because we don't know when our Father is going to call us home…
As the word says, we are but a "mist"…. our time here is so limited!