while visiting a dear friend today
who lost her precious father yesterday 
I was reminded again of

 the brevity of life

it was at this same dear friend’s mother’s funeral
in November
that a new sense of urgency came upon me

a realization
that we don’t have time to be petty
we need to right-wrongs
to share love with the unlovely
and hate sin
not sinners

 REALLY walk our talk

tonight we completed an AmAZing spiritual gift study
one of the life lessons we ended with
was how we must
shift our thinking from
temporal to eternal

ponder this with me for a moment…

really.

how much of your
time
money
and energy
are spent on things that are
eternal??

dictionary.com defines


e·ter·nal

  [ih-tur-nl]  Show IPA

adjective

1.

without beginning or end; lasting forever; always existing (opposed to temporal): eternal life.
2.

perpetual; ceaseless; endless: eternal quarreling; eternalchatter.
3.

enduring; immutable: eternal principles.
4.

Metaphysics existing outside all relations of time; notsubject to change. 

with that definition in mind
revisit and consider your priorities or
“to-do” list today

were your resources spent primarily on things
temporal or eternal?

please note
I am “noting to self”
the words of this post
because I am a sinner
no better or worse than any of you
just
saved by God’s AMAZING grace

and it is by His grace that I am able to share and
encourage you to make

this day count

to make
the choices, words, and deeds of this day
eternal

so that one day
when we all stand
and we will
because

Romans 14:11-13

New International Version (NIV)
11 It is written:

“‘As surely as I live,’ a]’>[a]C)’>

and
I want Him
to be pleased
and say to me
“well done thy good and faithful servant..”

don’t you?

Share This:

2 Comments

  1. Hey Carmen! I love your blog!! Your post about leaving school made me cry at my desk! I’m so happy for you and can’t wait to find out God has in store for your sweet family! Go check out my blog:

Comments are closed.