Seize the Day!

If you knew the very day, even down to the moment you were doing to die, would you choose to live your life differently? This is a question I have often pondered. To me, death is not something to be taken lightly, as we are NOT promised tomorrow. Just like a theif in the night, death is coming. It is up to us how we choose to live our lives. How differently would you do things tomorrow? Would you in fact even want to know?
I think sometimes we forgot how fragile life can be. Sometimes it takes a tragedy for us to receive a "wake up" call. We tend to go on about our daily rountines and death seems to be the farthest from our minds. I am not saying we should think about death constantly. Who wants to live their life in fear? I just think we need not forgot about it.
So then, how differently would you choose to live out your life? Would you choose to hold your spouse a little longer? Would you call up that old friend you have been meaning to call for weeks now? Would you tell your loved ones how much they mean to you? A billion questions come to mind when I asked myself that very question.
When I do die, I would like to say that I have lived my life to the fullest, that I have loved with all my heart, that I did make those calls, that I told my husband, son and family how much I truly love and care about them. The truth of the matter is, we all have an expiration date. Some may go on to live a lifetime, while others may live only a few seconds, minutes, days, weeks, months or years. We don't know what tomorrow holds. We go about our busy lives making plans and looking forward to what the future has to bring. I don't think this is a bad thing, it just makes me realize more and more the things I take forgranted and just how much God has truly blessed me. I should pick up that phone and make that call, tell my family and friends how much they mean to me, and how much I appreciate them. I should be thankful that the Lord has given me another day to do just that. Don't be afraid to live your life. Go out of your way to make someone else happy, plan a trip to the beach, have ice cream for breakfast, dance in the rain, play hide and seek, sing to the tops of your lungs, laugh till you cry, roll your windows down and let the wind blow through your hair, go skinny dipping, walk bare foot through the grass, love like you have never loved before, live life to the fullest! Sieze the day! These are all things we should do. Do not take your life forgranted, or the life of another. Cling to what is dear to you!
I am not scared of death, I know it to shall come. I can rest assured that I will spend the rest of my days in glory with he that is seated on the thrown! It is my prayer however, that I do make the most of my days here on Earth. I pray that I hold tight to my husband and my son. That they know how much I do love and cherish every day with them. I pray my friends know how much I value them and their friendship. I pray that I live my life to the fullest, and that I never take my life or anyone else's forgranted. I praise the Lord for all of life's blessings, as I know I surely don't deserve them. Thank you Lord for the big and little things. Thank you for reminding me of your almighty power and love.
Thank you for choosing to lay down your life, so that I might spend eternity with you in Heaven. Thank you for giving me another day!