I want to share with you my experience and thoughts from a weekend I had recently. Life is precious we all know this or should. I am a very emotional person. It seems I become more so with each year. I believe it is because I have become more aware of what little time we actually have. Also the importance of how we live out each day. Recently this was made abundantly clear to me.
I had two events scheduled to attend on the same day and as you might expect, they were at the same time.
The first event I attended was a baby shower for my granddaughter. If things go as expected, we will be welcoming our new Great-Granddaughter in December. As the new mother and all in attendance were celebrating this upcoming event there was much laughter. With each new gift, there were many oohs and ahhs. It was a good time and exciting to anticipate the time to come. This time together celebrating the beginning of life. Parents make choices for their children. They choose the name and how they are raised. Names are significant, but the choice of setting a good example to our children is crucial in how they interpret the world around them.
I left the baby shower early so I could attend a memorial service for a family member. The vast difference between the two events was very sobering. The young man that recently passed was a family member that was in his prime. His death was accidental...unexpected. A total contrast of the earlier get together. Family and friends celebrated his time on earth and grieved his passing. Death on earth is so...final. This service and time together also enjoyed brief times of laughing. However, the laughter was mixed with sadness and tears. He lived his life to the fullest every day. He loved everyone he came in contact with and they loved him in return. This love is what our life is about. Without love in our world, we would always be in darkness, anger, and a lot of hatred. Rudy was a light in a dark world. The theme of my blog is Life – Love – Choices. These three things apply to all of us. We need to enjoy life to the fullest, we should love others, and we should make good choices. One choice is how you live. We make choices in our day to day living. We also make choices concerning eternity. Rudy made his choice to accept Christ as his savior. As a Christian, this choice brings me peace.
There is a poem or a story that I read some time ago. The image implanted in your mind is a tombstone with the date of birth – dash – the date of death. We record the first and the last, but the dash.... the time between the two... is how we are remembered. Something to think about.
