But A Vapor

Life.

How fleeting it is in the scheme of eternity, yet how tightly we cling to our lives. We grow accustom to our perfect little schedules and plans, forgetting that the bible tells us that we are merely traveling through this life.

Due to a recent death near our family, I have been forced to realize, for the millionth time, how fleeting my life is. I do not know the number of my days or the way my life is going to be. Proverbs tells us the man plans his ways, but the Lord directs his path. I have so many plans in my life. Yet, am I willing to hand God the security that I find in my own temporal plans and allow him to be completely sovereign? The cool thing is that God is going to be the sovereign and all knowing God he has always been whether I "allow" him to be or not.

Life, every breath and moment, is a GIFT! And just as the Lord gives us life in His sovereign majesty, He also takes away.

How different would I live, would I love, if I knew the number of days I have left on this earth? How much more fervently would I preach the gospel if I knew how many days my classmates, coworkers, and family members had left before the judgment seat?

"Who am I?
That the Lord of all the earth,
Would care to know my name,
Would care to feel my hurt.
Who am I?
That the bright and morning star,
Would choose to light the way,
For my ever wandering heart.

"I am a flower quickly fading,
Here today and gone tomorrow,
A wave tossed in the ocean,
A vapor in the wind.
Still you hear me when I'm calling,
Lord, you catch me when I'm falling,
And you've told me who I am.
I am yours.
I am yours."

So here will I live, loving others and proclaiming the GOOD NEWS of the gospel, until Christ brings me HOME(and may I add that I cannot wait to worship at the feet of my beautiful savior for ETERNITY!!!!)!!

"When we've been there ten thousand years, bright shining as the sun, we've no less day to sing God's praise, than when we've first begun!!"