If Life Didn't End

I've been thinking a lot about how impatient I can get, with the kids, with myself, with my husband, with the dog.... It's so easy to do. I've heard jokes that you should never ask God to teach you patience, because the only way to learn it is to go through something very hard 

But what if we weren't dying? What if we lived ninety years, and like everyone always says, life was too short - so we just lived longer? What if we didn't die?

Think about all the things that would be obsolete if we never died. You wouldn't have to rush to learn anything or do anything. There is no such thing as a deadline. You have forever! You wouldn't have to focus on one interest at a time; you could learn a little about all of them every week. Your time would never run out. Instead of thinking, "what do I want to do more - crochet or read?" I wouldn't really have to pick, because there's no constraint. I WILL get to the other one some day. Because there's always another day.

Today's post is a challenge. Try living like that. Live like you will have all of eternity for the things that are good and enjoyable. Don't hang on to "me time" because you're afraid if you don't take it, you will never get it. Give your time freely because you have an unlimited supply of it.

When we trust Him, God gives us forever. We don't need right now.