Perspective
If I we dying, would I worry about this?
From the day were are born we all take a step closer to death's door with each passing day, hour, minute, and second. However, it is not until we feel death's impending doom at our doorstep that we actually take a step back and start to view our lives from a whole different perspective. I'm not sure how many of you are aware of this but I'm a fan of country music - mainly because of the stories that the songs often tell. There is one song in particular, by Tim McGraw, called "Live Like You Were Dying." And the story is very simple, Tim is talking to a guy who had found out sometime ago he had cancer. As well all know, despite the advances in modern medicine, being diagnosed with cancer is viewed as a slow death sentence. So Tim asks the man what did you do when the surrealness actually sank in that this might be the end, the man told him "I went sky diving, I went Rocky Mountain Climbing, I went 2.7 seconds on a bull named FuManchu. And I loved deeper and I spoke sweeter, and I gave forgiveness I had been denying. And he said someday I hope you get the chance, to live like you were dying."
The reason I like this song so much is because we get so caught up in the monotonous, mundane, and minuscule cares of this world that we forget the every single day, hour, & moment that God gives us is a divine gift (that's why it's called the present). Jesus tell us in Matthew 6:34, "Take no thought for the morrow, for the morrow shall take thought of the things itself. Sufficient to the day is the evil therof." The past is history and can't be changed (don't dwell on it), tomorrow is not promised (do not fear it), today is a divine gift (enjoy it).
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