The Dash?

Psalm 90:12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

Every tombstone no matter how old the person was, has something like this written
Born (date) – Died (date)

Many of us focus on the name and dates then move on. But as someone said the little dash contains our entire life.

Jack the main character of the movie Titanic has a reply to the people in the first class, when they ask him what he does and where he is going…Jack: Well, yes, ma'am, I do... I mean, I got everything I need right here with me. I got air in my lungs, a few blank sheets of paper. I mean, I love waking up in the morning not knowing what's gonna happen or, who I'm gonna meet, where I'm gonna wind up. Just the other night I was sleeping under a bridge and now here I am on the grandest ship in the world having champagne with you fine people. I figure life's a gift and I don't intend on wasting it. You don't know what hand you're gonna get dealt next.You learn to take life as it comes at you... to make each day count.

Each day will add on and make our life. May it be so with us that each day we calculate how we are going to serve our God, how we are going to be servants and givers. Taking our responsibility for each day is really what will finally add up to the dash on the tombstone.

It will either be just an empty dash lived selfishly, complaining and grumbling or a dash that gave hope, life, kindness and above all spread the love of our Heavenly Father where it was needed the most.

Let’s consider this precious gift called life and make each day count. Let us prayerfully hand over our lives to the Lord this morning and as God’s children we can be more than conquerors and encompass those around us so that it counts for them too.

Let us make each day count, lest our lives be just an empty dash.