Last week there was a very tragic accident in our town and 3 people lost their lives because they were in the wrong place at the wrong time. A teenage daughter lost her parents and was left alone at a very crucial age. My heart breaks for this girl! I hear a lot of tragic stories but for some reason this one has stuck with me and I have not stopped thinking about it all week. Maybe because people I know were friends of the family who suffered the loss. It made me realize how very short our lives may be. God had my life planned out up to when I take my last breath even before I was born. Psalm 139:16 "You saw me before I was born and scheduled each day of my life before I began to breathe. Every day was recorded in your Book!" How scary and awesome all at the same time! I cannot change when it is my time to die-but I can change the way I live. I realized this week that I can't control everything. I don't need to worry about everything, try to perfect everything, and try to control everything. There are so many things out of my control but God has them under control. I am where He wants me to be right now and I have realized that He is in control. I am going to savor each moment with my husband and children, love them like they have never been loved before and let them know how much I love them as often as I can. I don't know when it is my time but I don't want to have any regrets. I want my family to know how thankful I am for everyday that I am given to share my life with them. I don't want to worry about the trivial things that come tomorrow won't matter anymore. I am going to live for today.
This is my mission for the week-I'm not going to lie-I have been a pretty negative person lately and I don't want the negativity to consume me any longer. I want to be more positive and be able to see the good things even though there may be a lot of not-so good things going on. I want to yell less and love more! I want to be the positive influence in the lives of everyone around me. It is a constant battle with me to win out over the negativity-only God can help me get past it. So this week I am going to ask for His help daily to find the positive in everything and hopefully this will help me to be a more positive person overall.
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