Eight Plus Hours.

 James 4:14 New Living Translation

14 How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog—it’s here a little while, then it’s gone.

Eight plus hours. That is all the time I had left with my mom from the time I got the call that she thought she was going to die, until she actually passed. I didn't know it at the time, that is all the time that we would have left with her.

Vapor, mist, fog, whatever you want to call it, can burn off rather quickly. I've been thinking about this ever since my mom passed three years ago. 

She was 76 when she passed. She was my mom for 52 of those years. I've been thinking about those 52 years. Things I could have done differently. Spent more time with her. Visited her more often. Done more things with her. Definitely taken more pictures of us together.

You think that being my mom for 52 years is a long time right. I can not believe how fast the years went by. Starting school, getting my drivers license, graduating high school, getting jobs, getting married, grand children, etc. etc.

When I was with her in the hospital those last few hours, I thought about my life and what I had done with it. Her life on earth was coming to an end and I wondered if I had made her proud in those short, precious years.

When she took her last breath, I couldn't help but think about the verse above. How our lives are but a morning fog. Here one minute and gone the next. How short and fragile our lives really our.

So I encourage you tonight to take time with your parents and loved ones. You may think that you have all the time in the world, but you really don't. 

Take the time to spend with them. Cherish that time. Hug them and tell them that you love them. Don't wait till the end for them to hear you say that!

God Bless.

PK