The Last Day

Some time ago, I had a routine interview scheduled at a nursing home for my Savvy Seniors column. The day before the interview, a major storm hit the area, leaving over a thousand without power in Butler County, damaging trees, homes and businesses and claiming one life. Storm coverage forced me to reschedule the interview for an hour later. I had seriously considered rescheduling for another day, considering the nursing home was without power, but decided to press on, and I'm glad I did.

The man's advice to young people was poignant: "They better enjoy life while they can. It seems like it goes so fast. The older you get, the quicker [the years] go." He died later that day.

He got his two cents in. Had I delayed, I would have been too late.

Marcus Aurelius opined, "Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last: without frenzy, without apathy, without pretense."

Each day is the last of its kind. The opportunities presented may never arise again. Take a moment to be kind to others.

Don't waste your time worrying. Worry is a lack of faith. It's the absence of complete surrender to the will of Christ. Believe that as God has guided and made a way for you in the past, He will do the same in the future. Believe that God is faithful.

Sometimes life is difficult to understand. No one is exempt from problems, challenges, pain and sadness. But Jesus will always be there for you. 1 John 4:18 says, "There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear: because fear has torment." Let the love and peace of God enfold you.

I know that although I may be woefully inadequate in the face of the world, Christ's grace is sufficient for me. The perfect joy of life in His presence. It's a joy that will endure through pain & sadness, good times & bad, and will never end. Jesus will see me through each day and prepare me for my last day.

 "I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able 

to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day." --2 Timothy 1:12