I awoke this morning with a renewed sense of purpose. A keen awareness of how fragile and fleeting life truly is. Sweet little Ava went home to be with Jesus yesterday. My heart is breaking for the loss her family is feeling, but at the same time rejoicing for I know Ava now dances in the arms of Jesus, and that somehow God is His awesome power is reaching down to earth and holding her parents and brother in that same embrace.
Ava's life was not in vain. Even if you did not know her she touched you. Her life was lived with purpose and meaning. It has caused me to question my own life and what I hold dear. Ava's dad wrote often in his blog about precious moments of time. How they are spent, what we say and do with them....
Would you live today differently if you knew it was your last of the last of your child? Do you know where your eternity lies? So often we strive for the perfect life. We spend our days trying to put all the pieces of our life together so perfectly, so beautifully, but this world is not our home. In Luke 12:20 Jesus says "this very night your life will be demanded of you."
As I look in to the faces of my children I desire one thing. To see to the best of my ability that their eternity lies in Jesus Christ, and that as death claims life, we will meet again in eternity. Each one must choose for himself. But my purpose as their mother is to show Jesus in everything I do. I will spend my time with them more carefully, choose words that will build up instead of tear down, I will praise them more often, and hold them more tightly. Because I know a Savior who loves me. He is everything to me.
How will you live today? Do you know that if your life was taken that you would see Jesus face to face? Have you asked Him to cover your sin with His blood and make you a child of God? I pray so, because life without Jesus is no life at all.
Heavenly Father,
How wonderful you are. You see every detail of ours lives and you love us still. You care for us in a most intricate way and if we truly desire we can see your hand at work around us. Thank you Father, that you are our comfort in times of grief and that we know we rest in your loving arms. Thank you for excepting us as we are for I know that there is nothing on earth we could do to every deserve that sacrifice of Your Son or the shed blood to cover our sin. One of the hardest things and at the same time the easiest thing, is trusting You completely. Knowing that we do not need to have all the answers, but rest in the knowledge that You see the greater picture. You see yesterday, and today, and the future. And all you require from us is trust. Today I put my hand in Yours and my feet in step with You and I offer You all that I am no matter what. Take my life, I offer it wholly unto Your will and plan. Mold me and make me what You would have me to be. Let my life be a living testimony of Your greatness, mercy, and love. I love you Jesus, Amen
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