Today is Aug 26th and there are 120 more shopping days left until Christmas.
I was awakened at 1:42 am and decided to pray. "Who?" I wondered, needed my prayers? My cousin Carolyn came to mind. She has a rare form of bone cancer which is ravaging her body. There is nothing more they can do for her, so they are trying an experimental drug on her which is either arsenic, or something similar. Daily we wonder if this will be the day that the bone cancer claims the victory.
The LORD knows, of course, how many days she has left on this earth. I was reminded of Psalm 39:4* which tells us that HE knows the number of our days. I imagined a "tear-off-the-page" type of calendar with large numbers on each page and each day the number drops. I have one less shopping day until Christmas and one less day on earth.
My scrapbooking friends have been discussing a book titled "101 Things To Do Before You Die." Inspired by this idea, many of them have written a list of 101 goals they want to accomplish in this lifetime. I then visualize the pages of the calendar being torn off in rapid cartoon-like succession and floating to the floor. As each page is torn off the calendar, am I any closer to reaching my own goals? Have I come any closer to accomplishing the work that God has for me to do? HE has a plan, and I have a certain number of days that I'm given. As today's page is torn off will I have accomplished anything for HIS kingdom or will there simply be just one less shopping day until Christmas?
*Psalm 39:4 Show me, O LORD, my life's end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting is my life.
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