Stuff Happens and It Happens Fast

So much stuff has happened the past couple of weeks, it’s been a bit dizzying. Things that we’ve been planning for months are suddenly done (Shift, the overnight retreat for the youth), things that I’ve been looking forward to for just as long are through (Weekend vacation at my favorite spot for inactivity, Pulo), and things that I never actually thought would happen have now happened (My sister’s now engaged – Well, i thought it would happen, but you get my point). It’s amazing how fast these things fly by. Before you know it, days, weeks, months, and years have gone by. Thinking about these things really brings two truths to my mind.

1. Life is short. One of man’s greatest stupidities is found in the fact that we constantly live as though life just went on and on. It really doesn’t. I pray that God would help me realize that I have a limited time here on earth, and that I really should maximize that time honoring Him and striving to be more like Him.

Psalm 90:12

“So teach us to number our days,
That we may present to You a heart of wisdom.”

2. I owe God everything for the gift of eternity. A life that simply passes by is a life devoid of any real meaning. Yet because of God’s unfathomable grace, He’s destined those who put their faith in Christ to live forever in a world free from sin and all its effects. He’s called us to spend eternity with Him, enjoying all the goodness and wonder that is our God. What an amazing gift God has purchased for believers through the blood of Christ. Each and every day I spend on this earth ought to be spent thanking and praising this great, wonderful God who has given me the gift of eternal life.

1 John 5:11-12

“And the testimony is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life.”