Yesterday the pastor preached on time; how precious this gift of time is and how we tend to waste a lot of it.
How we take it for granted...until the clock stops or threatens to stop ticking.
I was immediately reminded of Sylvie. She has been on my mind for some time now...since I was combing through my hard-drive and ran into something I wrote almost 4 years ago when she passed away...
Four years later and its like she was never even here. That is the sad and heartbreaking truth...life goes on. She is gone, and all we are left with are memories...memories that fade with each passing day.
Father, in Jesus name, please give us the grace to live each day like it were our last; in gratitude and obedience.
Ephesians 5:15-17 "See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Therefore let us not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is."
How we take it for granted...until the clock stops or threatens to stop ticking.
I was immediately reminded of Sylvie. She has been on my mind for some time now...since I was combing through my hard-drive and ran into something I wrote almost 4 years ago when she passed away...
Tuesday, October 7th, 2014
I will forever remember
Yes I will forever remember the day I got to know death
better
The day a phone call from your mum confirmed my worst fear
Death had never come so near
The day I crumpled under the spasms of grief
Days later I still ponder what life has just dealt us
Sylvie why should I even be writing this? We were supposed
to grow old together
Complain about our husbands together, laugh at silly jokes
together
Big mami na who go make me laugh?
Sunday I saw u and collapsed in tears…you never even let us
in on how serious it was
We talked. You asked your mom for a pen, you wanted to write
something…we said you were too tired to write. That you should rest and do so
later.
How could we have known there will not be a later
How could we have known there will not be a later
Four years later and its like she was never even here. That is the sad and heartbreaking truth...life goes on. She is gone, and all we are left with are memories...memories that fade with each passing day.
Father, in Jesus name, please give us the grace to live each day like it were our last; in gratitude and obedience.
Ephesians 5:15-17 "See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Therefore let us not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is."
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