“All the days ordained for me were written in your book
before one of them came to be.” Psalm 139:16
There are a certain number of days that we have on this
earth. We hear the adage often - an
audible declaration to do the best you can with the days you have left. People seem to recognize that you only live
for so long and those days should not be squandered but used wisely.
Have you ever thought about the days you have left? How will it all end? When will it happen? Will I know this is it? Not to be morbid, but I have thought of these
things in passing as well as spent a few minutes pondering these
questions. I am not in any way obsessed
with my end, but I have wondered what would happen. I have found a place of peace with it all,
deciding in the end to leave all these heavy questions (and their answers) to
God. In the meantime I plan to live a
full life and trust God each day.
I find comfort in knowing that God knows my days. He knew me at the beginning (we talked about
this yesterday and the day before) and He knows me now. He also knows me when the curtain of my life
is coming down. He will be there at the
end. What does that say about the God? What does it say about who we are to Him?
If you have not guessed, I am still making a plea for us to
love what God has created. Our self-image
affects everything we do, from what we choose to wear to who we choose to
marry. It affects what types of jobs we
work and how well we do those jobs. Think
about this: if God has numbered my days
and watches over them (from beginning to end) that seems to be a big deal to
Him. Shouldn’t it be a big deal to me? We get caught up in the number
(quantity). God is caught up in the
quality (the purpose He has given you).
Recently I was able to attend a class that featured Dr.
Charles Kraft. For those of you who do
not know him, he is a Christian writer and speaker who lectures and teaches us
about the authority we have in God. He
specializes in teaching others the skill of helping others heal through deep
healing. Dr. Kraft’s teachings are
beginning to change my life and the way I see who I am in God (among other
things). In one of his lectures he spoke
of the lack of self-love he had for himself.
He told us he struggled with this for years. He began to work his way through his lack of
love for himself in many ways, one of them being the mirror exercise. He asked us as students do we ever look at ourselves
in the mirror? When we see ourselves do
we talk to ourselves? What kind of
things do we say to the image we see in the mirror? His mirror exercise (as I call it) is to look
at yourself in the mirror and tell yourself “I love you”. You don’t realize how hard this is until you
try it.
People, including you, have underestimated the importance of
your life. Your life is significant and cannot
be reduced to a number. I hope to live a
long time, but if I don’t live to 100 what did I do with the 99 years I had? God created you with specific things for you
to do while you are here. Only He knows
how much time you have to do what you are created to do. Isn’t it time for you to get busy? Are you ready to start reaching your
potential and do what you were created to do?
Can we start the journey to loving who you are and knowing that you have
worth? You can, if you will.
There is a time coming when we will start to unpack the
notion of “how can I know my purpose”.
We will have fun with that!
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