We thought we had more time

I'm going to leave Job alone in his suffering for a moment.  I kept concentrating on and thinking about my reading and was waiting for what the Lord wanted to show me and my mind kept being drawn back to something that occurred in the office.  So rather than fight it, I'm just going to blog about what happened.  We can pick up Job again later today after I do today's reading :-)

Yesterday a lovely lady came into the office.  She lost her husband to cancer 3 weeks ago.  She said something that really stuck out in my mind.  She said "We thought we had more time".  They were married for 49 years and he passed away just 7 months after his diagnosis.  She laughed as she told stories about her husband and she brought tears to our eyes as she talked about their love for each other.

He was in hospice at the end and she told us how she would crawl up in bed and lay next to him and they would hold hands and talk.  She said that they worked really hard at their marriage over the years and in the end, there was nothing left unsaid.

WOW!  How many of us can say that?  Think about that in context of all your relationships, not just a marital one.  Do we show the people we love how much we love them?  Or do we think there will always be more time?  Are there things that are left unsaid?  Or do we take the time to make sure we really talk to those we care about?

What about with your relationship with the Lord?  The same could apply there too.  Do you really talk with God? Or do you say a quick prayer in the morning and another one at night just to make sure your bases are covered?  Do you think there will be more time to get your heart right with him?  What if there isn't?  What if there isn't more time?

Don't let the stresses of life get in the way of what really matters.  Now I don't for one minute think that this lovely couple never had an argument or disagreement or that we will never argue with those we love but the overwhelming memory she had of their relationship is that they lived every day.  They left nothing unsaid.  They loved to the fullest.  What an amazing legacy!  I pray that I can leave that same kind of legacy some day.  What about you?  What kind of legacy will you leave?