It's not Over Yet.

 Greetings to you all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ,

      Luke 12:19-20 says,  “And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.  But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?”

     I like to make plans for tomorrow.  After my last stay in the hospital, I thought my planning days were coming to an end.  I came out worse than when I went in and figured that due to my age, I am 84 years old, that the time had come when I had better my final plans.  I chose to not go on dialysis but to enter the hospice program.  Apparently I look worse on paper than in person and so lab work was done on Thursday by the VA and the results were much better than when I left the hospital with a GFR of 39 compared to 10 before.

     In some ways, it is disappointing  when you consider the prospect of being in heaven and finding it home.  In other ways, there must still be something for me to do in God’s service.  The above passage along with some verses from James indicates that it is not our decision to make but God’s decision.  We can make plans but in the end, only He knows the second you or I will take our last  breath.  I have so many other issues medically speaking that any one of them could cause my departure physically speaking but again, it is up to God.  Computers have an indicator as to how much time is left fro a download to be completed.  I have thought  in times past that it would be unique if there was a little blue bar on your forehead that would indicate at what level your life was complete and then you could plan accordingly.  We, knowing our way of thinking, however, would probably procrastinate until the last minute to do something that we were supposed to do, such as share the gospel with a friend or to pray for a need that you have been made aware of.  Someone once said, You plan like you will live forever, but you live as if God is calling you home at this very hour.  Paul reminded the Ephesians that they should have a “wise” walk and that they should use their time wisely and to the best advantage.  Since we do not  know when our lives will be complete, savor every moment, every act , every prayer and every contact.  Praise God today for His plan and not our.