Today we begin the 30 day challenge of reading the One Month to Live book. I hope you choose to read along, but if not, will endure this shift to something a bit different for a month. Change is hard, but I believe this topic is really important for all of us to consider. Our time on earth is limited. That is a fact. We don’t know how limited, but trust me when I say it is limited. I hope you will allow me to take the next 30 days off from the walk through the Bible and focus on the One Month to Live book. While it is critical to read the scriptures daily, from a daily writing perspective, I know that I already overwhelm many of you in the amount of time you have to spend reading my daily updates. So for the next 30, I will be sharing what God teaches me as I read this book. I encourage you to write me with what God teaches you as well.
The first chapter deals with the dash between our birth and death dates – that is the essence of our life. And the question really is – what are we doing with those days. I have had the unique blessing (although it didn’t really feel like it at the time) of experiencing heart surgery multiple times. I could be dead. I should be dead. But God has given me life beyond what the doctors said was reasonable and for that I wake each day grateful for another breath. It has changed how I live. I don’t worry much about what people think any more. I have become much bolder in my faith and recognize the critical need to live for Jesus each day. I want my dash to matter much. I want to live intentionally and make a significant impact on every person I touch. Life is completely about relationship – with God and with each other. And I know that my focus has to be on those things and the legacy I will leave behind. Living the dash means life change. I love how the book calls those changes needed – not homework – but lifework. That is so true. We need to change how we live and we need to do it today. Are you living the dash, or dashing to live? We need to live the dash to the fullest every day!
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