With Every Breath

Today was my Grandmother's 84th Birthday. Now, my grandma has been through a lot in the period of her life. She talks about some of it, and most of the time I assume she's not paying attention to what she's saying. She always seems so lost in thought, and I can only imagine how much she's witnessed, how much things have changed for her. Rarely do I think about the blessing that it is to be alive. Even in the darkest times of our lives, we still have breath in our lungs, and that is certainly something to be thankful for. Even in the less-serious times, (like stubbing your big toe), we should be thankful that we have the breath to complain about it. We could be doing a hundred-million different things with our lives, but here we are today. No matter what you choose, Remember this: we're on God's time, not our own. So don't waste it. 

Time is an interesting concept. No matter what we do we can't change how fast or slow it goes. In areas of our lives, like school, we wish it were faster. In other areas, like getting married, and raising a family, we wish it would slow down to a crawl. But no matter what we do we cannot alter the linear flow of time. So here's what I propose; live every day like it's your last. How do we do this?

Well my grandma already has it figured out, since she already takes this advice literally. She honestly didn't expect to have lived this long. She told me just the other day, that she didn't expect to get past 75. But nine years later, she's still breathing. She doesn't know when God will call her home. But every day I see her, she is one of the happiest, funniest people I know. She cherishes every day that she gets to watch her grandkids grow up: something she never thought would have happened. She's happy to be alive still.

Don't live for tomorrow. Live for today. But most importantly, live for something.
Personally, I live for God. My life is meaningless without him.

What do you live for, and are you living for the right things?

"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."
Matthew 6:31