Life doesn’t always turn out the way we picture it in our minds when growing up. Often times, it looks completely opposite of what we picture in our minds- a distant relative. Additionally, our worth does not come from the education we have, money we make, car we drive, or house we live in. Our importance doesn’t come from the friends we have or the groups we run with.
Life continues to amaze me. There are no easy answers. There is not an uncluttered path to walk from birth to death. We are all on the crazy ride of our lifetime. We’re writing on the blank pages of the unwritten chapters or our life stories, and waiting for them to be published.
And, here’s the question: When you are old and gray, sitting in your favorite leather recliner chair, sharing your life’s memories with your grand children, what kind of life do you want to have lived? What kind of stories do you want to be able to share? Stories of the things you could have done but didn’t, or stories of experiences and adventures you did do.
Would you like to be able to say you had a nice car, great house, huge salary, expensive clothes... or is there more? Adventures, life-altering struggles, pain that lead to growth, excitement, sadness, love, broken heart; what kind of life you do want to have lived?
Our time on this earth is short- there are no guarantees! I, for one, want to get up and move; I want to explore the world; I want to smile; I want to cry; I want to worship; I want to see the snow capped mountains of Nepal; I want to see the untouched corners of the world; I want to dog-sled through Greenland; I want to camp in the most remote areas of the earth; I want to grow in amazing understanding of who Christ is; I want to raise kids (and bring them in the mountains); I want to struggle; I want to fall just to get up again; I want to share my experiences; I want to be a good friend; I want to be a great husband; I want to grow old; I want to die; I want to meet Jesus; I want to be remembered.
What do you want your life’s story to look like?
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