Grace

In a moment life can change.  David and I periodically remind ourselves of that.  We talk about it to remind ourselves how precious every day is.  In a moment an accident, an illness, a natural disaster, etc. can change things forever.

Over the last few weeks that has been reality for so many people.  Premature baby, earthquake, tsunami, meningitis, cancer, an unknown illness....just to name a few of the stories, someone's story, someone's now....their reality.

Our weekend has been nice.  Relaxing.  Soccer with the kids.  Family shopping and dinner out.  Today I left for Wal-Mart with Halle.  David was at home with the boys but was not feeling well.  We thought he just had a headache that then turned into nausea but after being in bed and hugging the toilet  all night we now know it is the stomach bug.  I dropped my iphone while walking to the car and cracked the screen.  I have felt sick ever since.  I know it is just a phone and it is replaceable.  But, I can not shake my frustration.  Then, coming home to David being sick just totally put a damper on the day.

I sit here reminding myself to set my eyes on what is not seen.  I know the more my focus is on eternity the smaller things are here on this broken, sinful earth.

Our suffer is limited to this earth.  Death, pain, illness,  and all the other 10,000 things that cause our hearts to break are only limited to this earth.  BUT, heaven is for eternity.  What a sweet reminder.  Does it remove our pain?  No.  It does offers hope.  Something to cling to and carry us through.

I wish I could "live out" my eternal perspective but it is so hard.  I can only continue to saturate my heart and the hearts of our children with Biblical truth and pray to God we all have the gospel tattooed on our hearts by the end.