The best thing about a life lived full of the knowledge of God's presence and power is that there need not be at any point a sense of despair. A grasp of the forever of eternity with God should cure us of a sense of wasted life, except in cases where we are intentionally wasting.
I think as a Christian I am able to live a life that in good times is full to bursting with today, and in bad times is full to bursting with tomorrow. Who am I to say that I will not heal when I am sick? Who am I to say I will not reap the harvest from an honest sowing? Who am I to say fortresses will not come tumbling down through the power of the Word?
I think it's silly that we spend so many youthful years trying to throw ourselves at joy, thinking that there's only so much of it to be had and if we misread the schedule that train will leave the station without us. You would not stand side by side with your spouse at your wedding, age 35, and mourn that you did not marry someone at age 20 would you? I should think you would rather be full to bursting with the overflowing joy of that day!
Why do we have a sense that there are these things which we MUST have experienced, these events and joys that we must achieve or we will have missed out?
We're going to be in heaven. For eternity. We have the best, longest, most perfect summer vacation ahead of us. In that sense there's almost a "So what?" that comes in when the joys of this life are cut short. So you might not reach a 75th anniversary. Did you enjoy your 40 years? Did you enjoy your 10 years?
Is there any reason why a 30, 20, or 10 year old who lived life in service of God and had joy has experienced LESS than the person who reaches 100? Not at all, for even if that person had an amazing 100 years they both have eternity beyond it.
Let us measure and drink deep of the overflowing goodness of each day and never lose our taste for the feast of tomorrow, knowing that the one thing a Christian does not run out of is time for blessings.
Sacrifice your good things when another's good needs precedence. Take pain so that others do not. Run yourself ragged so that others don't have to. When God blesses you with someone who will run themselves ragged beside you and share the burdens, then enjoy the added blessings and run even farther. We will live forever, and it's already started. How far and how fast can we get before we head further in and further up?
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