Each Life A Gift

Psalms 139:1-16

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Life is so incredible short. Like actually. Most people think that you have a good 60-70 years of living so, I can just do whatever I want and repent on my death bed and then go to Heaven. Um...really now?


Every life has God's fingerprints all over it; every life is made in the image of God; every life is a gift from God. But what are we doing? Are we enjoying the life he gave us, just simply passing by, or are we suffering for him, spreading the good news and living a life of love, realizing and knowing we're a Child, a gift from God whom knows everything and anything about us?


Today, during service, the second row behind me was talking, whispering, playing games, and it was so incredibly distracting. I turned around and asked them, "Can you please be quiet? Thanks." What shocked me wasn't the fact they were noisy two minutes later, but the fact that they were grade leaders. I don't mean to point fingers, but it hurts sometimes to see people serving God only on Fridays between 7:30-10:00, then returning to their normal selves the rest of the time. It hurts to see people who claim to want to serve God, but are only doing it to benefit themselves. It hurts to see people who don't care at all, yet go around boasting they are a "Christian."


I once said I can never be a pastor. I can't preach to kids, knowing so many of them don't care about God and well...would end up in hell. Contrary to popular belief, we don't have a lot of time. Jesus can come any time; most probably in our life time and by no means are people ready. Every life God blessed onto this Earth has His breath, His fingerprints, His plan, His ideal you within a temporary body, yet are we accepting this gift as gladness or with ignorance? Are we being that light that we claim to be? This passage tells us that God is everywhere; He sees everything, hears everything, is with us no matter what. We're wonderfully and fearfully made. But are we truly who God wants us to be? I was reminded of this video of Francis Chan when reading this devotion about the gift of life.

We should praise Him, worship Him, give Him all of us when we are at church and out of church. If we can't even give him an hour and a half for God, how do we give up our life, our eternity, for God? Our life is so short...are we going to mess it up during that "red part" or are we going to invest in that "white part"? Nevertheless, He knows everything and when we finish that race, are we confident where we're going?

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All life is created by God and bears His autograph.

[My first time doing this so hopefully you guys will keep me accountable. (: I'm just so terrible upset today and I think it shows in my writing. -sighs- But trying to rejoice nevertheless! 'cause I'm living for the Lord! I actually have no idea how to work this thing...my post makes it look so inconsistent. D:]