Preparing for our Descent

    We have been in the States now, four whole months and time feels like it is both flying and standing still at times. We are having such a great visit reconnecting with friends and family. We know our time here is short and I already started packing and preparing to go.  

    There is something about a deadline coming close that puts an urgency to finish the task at hand, sooner rather than later.  As I think about this, I think of how many of us go thru life thinking our deadline is no where near and we can continue as we wish. We can "drink and be merry" as the Bible puts it. We go on as if life is forever and we are eternal. The truth is that our days are numbered and we are not promised tomorrow. I am praying God will help me live life with an urgency. People are dying, governments  are collapsing, families are being torn apart. What are we going to do about it? If it's to pray, let's do it with fervor. If its to teach, smile, hug, laugh, just be for someone? Let's do it, but do it well, with God's love and passion. Our God is truly greater and more powerful and doesn't NEED us, but WANTS us to join Him.  It is truly a provilege to serve the one true God.