NO REGRETS

The older I get, the faster time seems to fly by. We have all had older people tell us this, now I know it through experience. Have I enjoyed the journey this far? What would I have done different? What can I do different from here on out? These are things I must ponder to make sure that the rest of my days are as fulfilling as they possibly can be. After all, that is what it's all about, right? Live my life to the fullest and have no regrets at the end.

How do you view your life thus far? We all have things in our past we are not proud of. You can forgive others, but do you have a hard time forgiving yourself? Think of how much precious time you are wasting thinking about your failures. This could be time spent more productive.

We spend time like we spend money. How did I spend this day? What did I cash it in for? What did I accomplish in this day I spent? Did it have eternal value? Will anyone's life including my own be enriched because of how I spent this day?

There are many things I would like for my children to remember about me, but the greatest thing would be the Godly heritage that I have passed down to them. My grandmother passed it down to my mother and she passed it down to me. I in return have passed it down to my children and my grandchildren. I consider this to be my most valuable asset.

One morning, I woke up from a very vivid dream. There was an elderly white haired man encouraging me to find out what is profitable, find out what has eternal significance and pursue those things.

How much time do you figure you have left? What if your life was cut short as my friends eighteen year old son's life was recently. Have you said the things you would want your loved ones to hear? Do they really know what is in your heart that could make their life better? They will never know if you don't tell them.

In Psalms 90:9, 10 &12 David said “we spend our years as a tale that is told. The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they are fourscore years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts to wisdom.”

David had insight that his life was unfolding as a story that he was writing each day. The day comes that the final chapter is written so we need to number our days.

My dear aunt Dot has asked my husband and I to preach her funeral for her. She is still very much alive, but getting up in years. This request has made me take a good look at my own life.

I went to the funeral of a drunk driver once who had taken his own life and the life of his friend. He had been drinking hard and running wild for quite some time. The family sang his praises trying to remember all of the good things they could about him. What else could you do at a time like that? I don't want my family to have to make something up about me. Nor do I want them to have to reach way back to my childhood to pull out good memories about me.

What do you want said about you when you are gone? These are the things you are storing up right now. Make good memories of you with your loved ones right now. Don't let them have to rack their brains to figure out what can be said about you when you are gone.

We pray, give us this day our daily bread, we should also ask God to show us what to do with this day He has given to us.

Sandra's Bio:

After years of serving as Director of the Women's ministry in her home church, Sandra and her husband John felt God leading them to move to Tulsa Oklahoma to attend Rhema Bible Training Center . After graduating in 2001, they moved back to the Dallas area. They have done some traveling ministry and teaching in a Bible School . They are members of World Ministry Fellowship of Plano Texas. Sandra feels that her calling is to equip women to know who they are in Christ and how to live out their full God given potential.

Sandra Hall may be reached at tylersmimi@gmail.com