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A Well-Timed Reminder

Be very careful, then, how you live - not as unwise but as wise.
Ephesians 5:15

An elderly woman wrote this letter to a friend: "Dear Bertha: I'm reading more and dusting less, admiring my garden more and fussing less about weeds. I'm spending more time with loved ones and less time working. Since life's meant to be enjoyed, not endured, I'm no longer postponing the things that add joy and laughter. I'm using my best china to celebrate 'special events' like the first crocus, or losing a pound. I wear my new jacket to the supermarket and I'm not saving my expensive perfume, I wear it for store clerks and bank tellers! 'Someday' no longer figures in my vocabulary. If it's worth doing, I must do it now!" Don't you wonder what some people might have done differently if they'd known they wouldn't be around for the tomorrow we all take for granted? Hugged their loved ones more? Contacted estranged friends to mend fences? Pursued the opportunities they always talked about? I guess we'll never know. But we do know this: realizing our time here is limited, it's the little things that make us regretful: the unwritten letters, the unspoken "I love you's," the unshared testimonies, the times we forgot to thank God for His blessings. Each morning you should remind yourself that every minute and every breath is a gift. Maybe life's not the party you hoped for, but it's precious and you should make the most of it. Don't wait till tragedy reorders your priorities. Today start living, "as men who do know the meaning of life..."

Prayer
Heavenly Father, help me stop majoring in the minors and start putting my time in the things that are important and lasting and not worry about the things that don't matter. In Jesus' Name, Amen