Enjoy It While You Can

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The end of May our youngest, Micah, graduated from high school. My mommy heart swelled with pride and tears ran down my cheeks as I watched him walk down the aisle to "Pomp and Circumstance" I wondered, "Where did time go? How did my sweet little boy become a man so quickly?" 

My mind travels back to a vivid memory of when he was about four years old. Every week at church when the congregation stood for the closing hymn he'd look up at me with his soft brown eyes, hold up his hands and ask me to pick him up. 

I'd pretend that I couldn't, saying with an exaggerated sigh, "But you're getting SO big, you're SO heavy!" 

He'd respond with an appealing smile, "You better enjoy it while you can!" 

I did enjoy it while I could! Finally the week came when he didn't ask anymore. Either he truly DID get too heavy for me or maybe he started to feel a little embarrassed. Either way, he stopped asking and I missed that sweet encounter and holding him during the song.   

Life is a continuum, a changing picture. It's so important to enjoy it while you can. You never know when things might change.  A phone call, knock on the door, doctor's appointment, or trip to town, might change things drastically; "life as you know it" could look very different tomorrow. I touch on this in a previous blog post, “The Last Time.”

This is not to say we should live in fear of what tomorrow might bring, but a call to live each day with purpose and cherish each moment. But even more than that it's important to make our lives and influence count for eternity. "So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom." Psalm 90:12  I've found that sharing about Jesus and what He's done in my life is what makes life worth living. 

"Only one life, twill soon be past, only what's done for Christ will last." (CT Studd) 

So whether it's enjoying the moment or sharing Jesus in the moment we should take advantage of every opportunity to enjoy it while we can! 

"Be very careful, then, how you live--not as unwise, but as wise, making the most of every opportunity..." Ephesians 5:15, 16

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