Good morning, world. Things are looking pretty good from the front porch of my farm in Virginia today. I don’t think it’s possible to see a mediocre sunrise or sunset ESPECIALLY in the Fall of the year and I’m savoring each one as if it’s the last I’ll ever see. I don’t have a morbid obsession with death nor am I counting down the days I have left, but I am acutely aware of the frailty of life and I refuse to waste any of it at all. I’ve always been one to savor life and I’ve never been one to lose precious moments that can easily be captured if I anticipate them. But the older I get and the closer I draw to the Living God the more beautiful life around me becomes and the more I want to savor ALL of it with ALL of me. Isn’t that the way it is for you too?
It’s so easy to take life for granted if we aren’t careful. We fail to look up (or to get up) to capture a sunrise and, more often than not, a television show takes the place of the sunset. We roll out of bed and scurry off to begin the new day and most of the time we don’t think twice about being physically able to do so. We throw the kids in the backseat and rush off to wherever it is we need to be and most of the time a TV monitor in the back seat or a cell phone conversation in the front seat replaces those little voices and all their sweetness that can only be heard when listening for them. Family mealtime has become a thing of the past and instead of sharing a meal together at the same table at the same time, one is here and one is there…one is texting and one is watching television and the opportunity to hear about what’s going on the life of the other is lost forever.
I don’t want to wake up one day and wonder what happened with my life and I don’t want to squander my time. I don’t want to trade conversations and belly laughs for television and I don’t want to miss out on all of those precious little moments that come when you anticipate them. I anticipate great things because I serve a Great God and I treasure the beauty because it’s all a Gift from Him…and because of Him I am acutely aware of the frailty of life. I can only TRY to imagine what Heaven is going to be like but I anticipate being there too. With earth filled with beauty that is impossible for me to capture in pictures or describe with words, Heaven is going to blow my mind. When I get to Heaven I’ll be busy doing the Work that He’s been preparing me for all along, but when I get there, time will stand still and I’ll be there forever….with no more sickness, sadness, or tears. I guess it’s possible for some people to go to Heaven and spend eternity on the sidelines…but not me. I know that if I savor what He has for me here, and I work with His Plans and His Purpose in mind, I won’t be on the Sidelines…I’ll just be doing a Heavenly version of His Work intended just for me. This is my dress rehearsal for what I’ll be doing there! With that in mind, who in the world would take Life for granted or be willing to squander their time?
This new day was beautiful when it first began and it will be beautiful until it ends too. I know that the turmoil and uncertainty that surrounds us all these days are all part of a Bigger Plan and the beauty can’t be lost unless I choose to let it be. God is still God…He’s still on His Throne…He’s still in Control…His Promises are still true. He has my name written down in the Lamb’s Book of Life and an unimaginably beautiful future awaits me. So, today I’ll savor all that I can and you won’t find me squandering. Instead, you’ll find me ANTICIPATING Great things. When you look for Great things from God, you see them every time.
How about you?
My Front Porch 
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