I usually don’t think much about the fact that we aren’t promised tomorrow, but I had such a powerful lesson that I wanted to share.
My sister in law and I had a wonderful first few days together of our vacation. When I was planning our trip, as we were spending the first few days with her and her family, then the rest of our vacation at a hotel on the other end of the island, to be able to extend our time together, she offered to pick us up and take us to the airport. When we parted that morning, my daughter was extremely sad to the point of tears, I assured her that we’d be seeing each other a few days later.
We had made mental plans of what we were going to do, the things she was going to bring us, and how we would round out our vacation. My daughter was going to be able to say her goodbyes then.
Shortly after getting to the hotel, she sent me a text that her friend had died of a sudden heart attack a few weeks prior, and she found out that morning after we separated that the funeral had been scheduled for the morning she was to take me to the airport. Of course it wasn’t a hard decision of what should happen. We all agreed that she needed to go pay her final respects to the family. Our hotel had an airport shuttle, so we were totally fine.
Over the subsequent days, I thought about all the things that we had planned on doing, but had to put on hold. Thankfully, it was only a temporary hold. Unfortunately, for her friend, it was a more permanent hold. I’m sure her friend had made plans as well for days in the future.
This got me thinking. Would I be ready if today was my last? While I pray it isn’t, I want to live my life as if it were my last. Am I sharing as much love as I can with others? Are my loved ones aware that I love them? Have I done enough to share the love of Jesus?
Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for lessons while we are alive and can make changes. Lord, we ask that you are with the family who lost their loved one. Help us to live our lives in a state of readiness, as we realize that we are not promised tomorrow on this earth.