Day 9: Heart of the Matter- Relating And NOT Waiting

As I just read through today's chapter, one passage of scripture really called out to me. I've loved this passage since I was a little girl and it seemed to fit very well with today's lesson...

"Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us."

1 John 4:7-12 (NIV)

I really enjoyed today's lesson. It has made me think. What if I did only have 30 more days to live? And I know I'm not the only one out there who has ever thought if anyone would actually go to their  funeral. There have been so many people I have done wrong. I've lied to my parents, backstabbed my friends, talked behind others backs, and I know there have been more than a hundred occasions when I was rude to someone. And you can't tell me I'm the only one out there who has done such a thing.

But if you only had one month to live, who would you really want to connect with? Think about it...ponder on it. I could list so many names. And with every single one of those names, I don't think 30 days is enough. I wouldn't ever want to say goodbye. I would want to make things right with someone I've done wrong, I would want to spend as much quality time with my family as possible, and I would let every friend I have out there know how much I love them. In every day life, we don't think about this. We don't really appreciate the time we have with someone until its too late.

Well I don't want any day to be too late. I love each and every one of you, and for anyone I have ever done wrong, I'm sorry! I mean that from the bottom of my heart. I didn't appreciate you at the time. And I regret ever doing you wrong. If I could take it back I would. But I can't. All I can ask for is your forgiveness. I hope you can forgive me like Jesus has forgiven me.

"Make it Last for Life"

If you only had one more month to live, list all the people you would want to see and reconnect with..to share your heart and how much they mean to you.