My Friend Cathy
Intro: Live Like There’s No Tomorrow (Lincoln, Mercury, Ford)
Assignment: We only have today. Should God take you today, have you accomplished everything that you wanted to, needed to. Have you said all the things that needed to be said? Let’s have no regrets, let’s make sure we get to those things, so that when we’re standing before the Lord, the only thing we need to do is to worship him.. and not regret not getting to that thing on our to do list. Stop – go take care of that thing…. then, come tell us what you choose to share. Don’t embarrass yourself or any of your loved ones.
Memory Verse: Ecclesiastes 1:13-14
I devoted myself to study and to explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a heavy burden God has laid on men! I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
I’ve written about this before and not having regrets. I received quite a few comments implying that maybe I need to rethink my post. I can say with all honesty that I have things I’ve done in the past that I’m not proud of…many years ago, but I don’t have things I regret doing because I wouldn’t have learned from those things.
I do have things I need to do and things I’d like to say to some people. Nothing nasty or mean, that’s not the kind of woman that God wants us to be and I couldn’t be that way at all. I’d love to make sure my family knows how much I love them and how much I would love for them to turn their lives over to Christ and live that way, in the way we were raised to do. I’d love to have my oldest daughter trust me and allow me to love her openly and freely without feeling like everyone is out to hurt her. I’ve come to realize through some pretty hard circumstances that no matter how I feel, I cannot control how others feel and how they behave. If today were my day for the Lord to take me the only thing I would want to KNOW is that my husband any my daughters are being well cared for and learning to carry on with their lives.
Feels like I’m looking to Heaven!
My verse is a chapter: Ecclesiastes 3. Have a blessed day and enjoy the giveaway this week! I’ve signed up for about 30 of them so far, mostly gifts for other people.
I feel the same way about making sure my family is cared for. I love your passage choice. Perfect for the assignment.
I enjoyed reading your post today. This was a great assignment. Blessings! ~ Nikki
“I’ve come to realize through some pretty hard circumstances that no matter how I feel, I cannot control how others feel and how they behave.”
That is so true. I’ve realized that myself lately. A very thought provoking assignment.
WOW. I have a relationship with one olf my older daughters like you have. Things are getting better but really can improve a lot!
Thank you for sharing and this assignment is right on time. Now I have to go and give mine some thought.
Me too. I want them to know I love them. I want them to be saved. I want them taken care of.
I am reading some posts while cooking supper.
I also pray for salvation for family members.
I also have done things, years ago, that I have learned from.
Oh if ONLY we had control of how other people thought…we could change the world!! But we are not the Holy Spirit – but we know we can count on the Holy Spirit to hear our Prayers and make opportunities for our Saviour to be made known to those who are lost, and for answers to our other types of situations.
LOVE N” HUGS
Mrs. Sombra
BFS Teacher
Regret is a hard thing, I think. We have all made mistakes and that is part of what has grown our faith. At the same time, I think focusing on them too much can be crippling to your faith. We have been washed clean and are new creations in Christ. Yet we keep trying to pick up our old bodies and beat them a little more.
I agree with you, Nancy. I have a rather sordid past and I’ve been (reasonably) open about it with my kids. They have asked if I would change anything and my answer is that while I would rather have not had to go through some of the really hard stuff, I wouldn’t want to run the risk of not having even one of my kids or not meeting my husband, so no. I wouldn’t change a thing.
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Rebecca@Beautifulfeet
I agree-I would want to go knowing my family would do ok. Many do not fair well after a parent dies…and it can lead to things we wouldn’t want for em (Rosie O’Donnell comes to mind here). Praise the Lord for sending his son to die for us and cover our sins! I cannot imagine not having that precious gift!