Preciousness of Life

Now listen, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money." Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Instead, you ought to say, "If it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that." (James 4:13-15 NIV)

So, God has just been showing me how precious life is recently and I have really felt the need to share it with you all.

I have a really good friend, Rob Taber, that got in a really bad long boarding accident on April 7. When I heard about it, I knew that it was bad but I didn't know how bad. I went to visit Rob in Columbus, GA before they moved him to Atlanta and his mom told me all of the details. Rob was on death's doorstep. He was put on life support on the helicopter ride over to Columbus and the nurses were preparing his parents for the worst. Rob is now, by the grace of God, alive and well. He is at home and he is doing a lot better than he was. One thing that Rob struggles with though is sleeping. So if you would please pray for peace for Rob so that he can sleep.

Anyways, the point of that was to tell you that we never know which day could be our last. I'm going to be brutally honest for a second and tell you that God could have planned for me to not wake up in the morning. It is tough to think about, but it could happen!!!

In the Old Testament, over and over again, it says that humility comes from fear of God (Proverbs 22:4). I feel like thinking about stuff like this does keep us humble because we know that we aren't the ones in control and there is only one Person in control. I also feel like this brings the fear of God upon us. I feel like so often people always talk about the love of God, which is very important, but tend to stray away from the fear of God part. The way I think about this fear is this: I love God, but I also know what he is capable of doing. He is in control of everything- including life and death. He could end our lives in the blink of an eye.

I hope that you now realize (if you didn't already) how precious life is. You only live once, so don't mess it up and live it for the glory of God.