A lot of people I know right now are going through passing of family members. It’s sad to see. I can feel the pain in the people I know as I was there on April 26, 2003 when my mom passed away. I am not going to tell you it gets easier because in reality it doesn’t, you just learn to live with the passing and you cherish the memories you had with your loved ones. The day will come when you will meet them again, always remember that! I ache for each of you and I care for each of my readers. I hope and pray that you will not allow this passing to pull you from God but in turn allow God to use this in your life to move you closer to him. He is ready for you. He knows you need him. He wants to be your friend through this.
He is able to comfort you through the pain of this. Will this be easy? Of course not because we love our loved ones and we do not want to go through any of this. Sometimes people get taken from us earlier than we feel they should because they haven’t even lived a long life yet. Don’t focus on the life they didn’t get but focus o the life that they had. Relive the great memories you had with them because that is how they would want to be remembered by anyway.
To those of you who aren’t going through this right now, please hear me on this: the day will come when you do go through this. Don’t wait until then to say your peace with your family & friends because it could be too late. Don’t wait to tell them how much you love them. Don’t live your life so much alone that you lose your family because if you do then the day will come when you have a ton of regrets.
To the people who do have regrets on how things ended, please hear me on this: Your loved ones in Heaven can hear you. They know that you love them. Yes you may not have ended it the way you would like but they know your heart and they know you are hurting. Just lean on God and talk with your loved ones each day of your life, they in Heaven will hear you. I 100% believe this!
To everyone, I hope and pray that you are enjoying your life right now because many people are not getting the chance. There are many people who can’t afford to even live. There are many people who have diseases. There are many people who have passed on at an early age so if you have a roof over your hear, you have money in the bank even if it is a dollar, if you are pretty healthy etc… then consider yourself BLESSED. Please go live the Blessed life that you have because there is no since in wasting your life away when you have your life to live.
If you do have some disease then please live your life in such a way that you get to experience it like never before for the rest of your life. Maybe you have months or a few years, it doesn’t matter because you need to end on a strong note. It isn’t how you started in life it is how you finish and I say go out and finish strong no matter who you are, what you have done or are going through!
Go live your life in such a way that it not only honors God but it also honors the people who did not or will not get the chance to live a full life. Go live your life in such a way that when you get on your deathbed you can look back with very little regrets. If you can do that then you will live an honorable successful life no matter what you are doing!
I want to challenge you to live your life with very few regrets!! This is my hope for you that you can live the life that God called you to live and not some life that other people planned for you! Many people think they may know best for you but you can’t allow that to stop you from living the life that God called you to live. Remember, as I always say, never let who you think you are stop you from becoming who God called you to become!
Ask God to help you deal with the pain that you may be gong through. Ask him to help you be there for others who may be going through something/ Ask him to give you the strength to deal with anything that comes your way. Ask him to help you live the life that he called you to live. Ask him to let you know if you are following his vision for your life and if you aren’t to then give you the courage to change directions if thats the way he is calling you to go.
Be Inspired or Be Left Behind!
Chris Benton