Dear friends- The "blessings" list on my post will be absent for the next few days. The posts are scheduled posts, all written in one day, because I am extremely busy for the next 3 days. I'll be back to post "live" on Monday. In the mean time, enjoy my thoughts...
Hunter Thompson said, "Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!"
Today, my friends, I ask you, does your life have meaning?
To what do you expend your free time on?
Facebook?
Shopping?
Reading?
Eating?
Cooking? Baking?
Watching TV?
Watching movies?
Playing video games?
Messing around on your cell phone?
The list could go on.
But after I heard that quote, I realized, I waste a lot of time. I'm not dissing Facebook, nor do I have plans to abandon my account completely, but only as of late have I realized what a colossal waste of time it is.
My life is worth so much more than technology, than sitting and trying to preserve myself.
When I arrive at my grave, I want to be that way- as the quote said, totally used up, totally worn out, proclaiming "WOOOO! What a life!"
What does that mean?
Well, I don't have any intent to go sky-diving, mountain climbing, parasailing. I don't want to turn into a daredevil who does flips on skateboards or tricks on motorcycles jumping off of ramps.
But I want to be totally used up. I don't want to waste another minute. We have so few here on earth.
I want to use myself up.....
In service. Helping others. Giving. Sharing.
Working for God. As a career.
Devoted to a family (wife and children) some day, caring for them and teaching them to love God.
Forgiving. Letting go and not holding grudges. Such a waste of energy.
In His Word. Studying it. Applying it.
Praying. Talking to God. How many minutes on Facebook could I have used to dig into Scripture or talk to God in prayer?
And when I finally reach the grave, sliding in, wiped out, and hollering, I'll be ready for God to take me into His arms and He'll say, "Well done, thou good and faithful servant."
And the next adventure- eternal life with Jesus- will begin. And I'll be ready.
This is really good...I want to stop wasting my time on useless things too.
ReplyDeletePoint well made. I really want this too.
ReplyDeleteThank you for stopping by my blog - Beelieve You Can! You have such great insight for such a young man.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you have found help for your illness. My daughter is bipolar and though she is on meds and going to counseling she continues to struggle every day.
You are right on regarding spending too much time on facebook and surfing the net. I used to play games on facebook but then I realized I was becoming obsessed so I only use facebook to keep in touch with family and friends along with sharing what the Lord desires me to write on my blog.
God bless you.
I spend way too much time on the internet...
ReplyDeleteAfter giving up Facebook for Lent, I'm not on quite as much as I used to be, but I could probably be on even less...
This morning I mentioned something to my dad that reminds me of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waxgwlsutAs After I mentioned it to Dad, he said something like, "Satan is subtle." (in what he uses to distract us) and that he doesn't necessarily pull us closer to him, just pulls us away from God.
I thought that was kind of a good point. The random little things that we spend time on each day can pull us further from God. I know I need to work on that!