Dust In The Wind

You do not know about tomorrow. What is your life like? For you are a puff of smoke that appears for a short time and then vanishes.

James 4:14

 

I found some notes from a sermon I heard WAY back in my youth and, believe it or not, I found the message still quite relevant today.  Therefore, I thought I'd share bits of it with you.

 

Have you ever given any thought about the length of your stay here on Earth?  I have and I realized that the longer I'm alive, the less time I have left on this rock (yeah, I'm a genius like that).  Solomon wrote in Ecclesiastes 3:19-20 that we came from the dust (when God breathed life into us) and we will return to the dust.  While that may sound depressing, it shouldn't.  Instead such information should serve as an encouragement to live your life fully!

 

Several years ago, a group called Kansas performed a song called "Dust in the Wind" which spelled out that we are only here for a short time and nothing we can do will lengthen our stay here.  So shouldn't we do our best to make the time we have count?  Rather than living as if we are scared, we need to life with contagious joy!  We need to tell people how we feel about them.  We should let grudges go!  We should shed the mindset of negativity!  Live your life with enthusiasm!

 

Here are the three points I got from that sermon from so long ago:

 

1. Act on your impulse!  If we wait for the "perfect moment" it will never arrive!  Call that person you haven't talked to in a while.  Have coffee with someone new!  Smile and say "HI" to people you encounter, whether you know them or not, you might just make their day a bit better. 

2.  Focus on the Positive!  It's easy to be "gloom and doom" and always negative.  Being positive is a conscious choice we make, so exercise your brain and make that choice to BE POSITIVE!  Attitudes are contagious, so make yours worth catching.

3.  Traffic in the TRUTH!  You'll hear gossip and half truths and outright lies, but date to dig for the truth.  Speak only the truth!  Not what you may have heard someone else say, be discerning!  If you aren't absolutely sure of the truth, be quiet.  "It is better to be silent and thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt."  You see, lies can outlive lives!

Let's make the most of our time here!