Just a Month?

 Still no vacation pictures—maybe next week. Hope it doesn’t take a month to get them developed.

Speaking of a month, I seem to be somewhat preoccupied with the idea of time recently. I’m sure it’s partly because my husband was diagnosed with lung cancer at the end of spring, but for whatever reason, I will pose this question to you readers.

What would you do if you knew you had only one month to live? 

There are all sorts of answers that could range from “party hearty” to travel to exotic climes to spend quality time with family.

Have you ever met someone who’s favorite day is Someday? (That’s not original—I got it from a book.)  I must admit Someday has been my favorite day at various times in my life. However, by the time you get to be my age, you really begin to realize that Someday had better change to a specific day if you have a goal you are wanting to attain.  After all, I may enjoy 15 more Christmas celebrations—or I may not. The number is beginning to feel finite although it was all along.

Since none of us know how many days (or perhaps hours or minutes) we have left on this earth to accomplish what God put us here for in the first place, may we all get rid of the idea of Someday.

How would living your life for the next ten years look if you lived it as if you knew your expiration date was at the end of this month? Maybe it wouldn’t look  any different than you live now. I know I would not be on this crazy diet if I only had one month left! But since I may well live on to further battle the bulges, I will continue the diet.  I do know I will be more selective about my TV watching, and be looking for all the opportunities I can find to be with my husband.

Of course, the most important thing about pondering only one month left to live is what happens when you die. We have two choices—we can choose to accept Christ’s offer of forgiveness and salvation and go to the heavenly home we were created for or we can choose our own way, all the way to the isolation, torment and whatever else hell has to offer.

Back to my favorite verse about the gift of life/time found in Psalm 90:12:”Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.”