It's a Heavy Monday

Good morning to you on this fine day in Christ! Yesterday, probably during a football game, I thought about death and how we are all dying. Then I thought, what better time to share thoughts about our slow death than with you on a Monday morning. Even the school children recognize a Friday. The noise coming across the street was about 3db louder than on other days. No doubt they will drag their feet on the way to school this morning, much like we drag our feet when going out to the car on a Monday. If you are not foot-dragging on the way to work, then you probably haven't had a chance to read this deathly devotional this morning. I'll take the spring out of your step. We need to discuss death and dying this morning!

Nah, death and the parting it brings comes too often to our homes and families already. I look at the cat running around with his toy mouse this morning and realize that he does not think of death on a daily basis. We are called not to death in Christ, but to abundant life. That means lots of life and not the constant worry over death. Advertising in this age would have us think constantly about the heart attack just around the corner: Eat our food, drink our drinks, and prevent that terrible, awful thing from happening. There is no guarantee of that of course, but the company wants your money and will say as much as possible to get it. Daily we see studies that show eating this or that will prevent that disease or heal this condition, but none of them can guarantee us the life we desire deep down inside. The more we worry about our collective obesity, the fatter America seems to get. What good has worry done for us? Time to think about life instead of that other thing.

Life is in gathering together and enjoying good food. Life is in sharing our love of Jesus and what He has done for us. Life is in going to your workplace and giving a smile where the Monday morning frown is expected. Yes, life is in striving to lose weight and celebrating success too. One day we each may have a death to die, but today we have a life to live in Christ. Let Jesus worry about the timing of your trip to be with Him in Heaven. We can't advance the time by one minute anyway, so why worry about it? Let us live in Christ on this fine Monday!

Bucky