As my first year of college is drawing to a close I am realizing just how quickly life flies by. Our lives truly are like a vapor--here one moment, vanished the next (James 4:14). Of course, we all know that life should not be taken for granted, but how many of us actually live that way? I know I don't. Lately I've been thinking about what life would look like if we lived every moment as though it were our last. In no way am I imbibing that we should become pessimists. On the contrary, we should live joyfully, enjoying our days, because we never know what day will be our last. A question I must ask myself is, am I living every moment for Him? Do I glorify God in everything I do? Oh how I wish this were true. As a college student, there are so many tasks that must be done. It can be so hard to do these things with a joyful spirit. Recently, I had a close friend tell me that even in the menial tasks, such as writing papers, I CAN give God the glory by offering my work to Him! My prayer is that my short life would be a testimony to God's grace. I am incredibly thankful for the time that God has given me on this earth. However, I am ready to meet Him whenever He calls me home. Are you?
Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away. ~ James 4:14
Whoever speaks is to do so as one who is speaking the utterances of God; whoever serves is to do so as one who is serving by the strength which God supplies; so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belongs the glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. ~ 1 Peter 4:11
Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father. ~ Colossians 3:17
