Just Maybe...
I'm here at my desk...the kids are taking a few minutes at the beginning of recess to reflect on their day; so I thought I'd take a moment to reflect a bit too. At least one night a week, I spend my time volunteering on the oncology floor at Cox South. When working on a floor with people that have cancer, you see many desperate, reflective people, and heart-broken family members. It struck me last night while I was there how when people get diagnosed with cancer, the people around them are all of a sudden "aware." What I mean is on any other evening, friends might say, "eh, I need to get some stuff done...sorry I can't come over." But when it is to be with someone getting their third round of chemo, it is not even a question; friends and family are gathered around and not begrudgingly, but as if they had all the time in the world to rest and catch up on life later but this was what really mattered.
It is interesting to me how we often have to go through immense pain before we realize some really important things. Why are we so stubborn? Why do we take people for granted, even wishing we weren't by them at times, only to regret wasted moments later? Why do we lay down at night harboring ill feelings towards others, refusing to love only to wish later in time we had just "let some things go"?
I wonder if it is possible to realize what really matters before our time here runs out? To realize that taking time for a person, to love and cherish them while you can in order to maximize your eternal impact in thier lives...to do what God calls us to do: Love Him and Love others like we love ourselves. Can we maybe live like that everyday instead of having to go through a loss of a significant person in our lives to push us to value people and relationships? I hope and pray so...this is what I pray and ask God to do in my heart every day-that I will take time for the things that are important, sure...but to make sure those things that are important to me are the things that matter to Him...and so far, the conclusion that I've come to is the things that matter to Him are people and loving people into His Kingdom. This is my heart's cry and my life's mission.
It is interesting to me how we often have to go through immense pain before we realize some really important things. Why are we so stubborn? Why do we take people for granted, even wishing we weren't by them at times, only to regret wasted moments later? Why do we lay down at night harboring ill feelings towards others, refusing to love only to wish later in time we had just "let some things go"?
I wonder if it is possible to realize what really matters before our time here runs out? To realize that taking time for a person, to love and cherish them while you can in order to maximize your eternal impact in thier lives...to do what God calls us to do: Love Him and Love others like we love ourselves. Can we maybe live like that everyday instead of having to go through a loss of a significant person in our lives to push us to value people and relationships? I hope and pray so...this is what I pray and ask God to do in my heart every day-that I will take time for the things that are important, sure...but to make sure those things that are important to me are the things that matter to Him...and so far, the conclusion that I've come to is the things that matter to Him are people and loving people into His Kingdom. This is my heart's cry and my life's mission.
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