As I was contemplating this morning and conversing with my Lord, A thought occurred to me about spending, not in the sense of dollars and cents, but in the realm of my life. What is the reason for my life? How do I spend my Life? For it is but only one life I have to spend, at least in this setting upon this planet we call Earth. each and every day I have 24 hours, or 1440 minutes or 86,400 seconds to spend. Now I might spend that time enriching my own domain, or I might spend that time enriching the lives of those I come in contact with. The choice is mine and mine alone. If I decide to spend that time enriching my own life, what have I gained? Have I been able to surround myself with things to which I devote space and time to, things that I will no doubt leave behind at some point. I think of the Pharaohs spending so much effort to accumulate wealth and possessions to take with them only to have people of thing age remove them. Have I spend my life gaining all the things of this world for my own well being, or have I spend my time enriching the lives of those around me? Question, a plaguing question, but alas I may have more time, will I learn from the past, have I made wrong choices? Have I not spent enough of me in the direction of others? I can only hope that I have spent enough of me in pursuit of making others lives enriched, as each day is only a gift from my Lord and tomorrow is not here. Have we all spent enough time for each other? Or have we been so busy with self we cannot even see the plan of God for our lives?
1 John 3:11
11 This is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another.NIV
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I can't think of any other valid reason to be here, other than to enrich those around us. I know when I start to turn inward too much (usually because of illness) I find myself less "happy". I don't feel though that I meet many others who are focussed on much beyond themselves.
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