A couple of years ago I turned 25 and I had a quarter-life crisis. You think I’m kidding but suddenly with the change of a single digit I gained a new perspective and I didn’t care for the view. From my point of view, if we are going to be generous, say I can expect to live to be about 75… that means an official 3rd of my life was already gone with little, in my eyes, to show for existing.
“Lord, remind me how brief my time on earth will be.
Remind me that my days are numbered-
how fleeting my life is.
You have made my life no longer than the width of my hand.
My entire lifetime is just a moment to you;
at best, each of us is but a breath.” Psalm 39:4-5 NLT
This weekend someone pointed out to me that I have officially entered my late 20s and am starting to get a view on three decades – thanks friends for the encouragement…
My personality doesn’t well portray the urgency I feel in my heart to live intentionally every day. Projects, deadlines, cluttered schedules get in the way of living in the present and I turn around to find another year has blown past me. I dare say I have only truly lived a few moments in the past year.
As I slept in my bed at home in NC a few nights ago, a tornado hit about ten minutes down the road killing a young boy and leaving many homes and lives in pieces. Again I was reminded of how fleeting this life is.
Each of us only have a handful of days in this lifetime to live out as we choose. I want to learn to live fully in the place, in the season, in the moment God has me in. How about you?
Vapor by Skillet
