Another Chance at Life

Last Friday night, I received a call that my mom was on life support and would soon die! The doctors removed the life support and a local priest gave her a last rites ceremony. Minutes later she began to respond and now, days later, is sitting up and looks healthier than she has in months?! When I finally arrived at the hospital and got the chance to talk with my mom, I told her that God had given her another chance at life.

Another chance at life?! Do you realize that every morning when you wake up, God has given you another chance at life. All of us are given this opportunity, like that of my mom, but we receive this chance everyday.

If, everyday, we are given another chance what should we do with it? Matthew 22:37 sets a bar of which we all fall short. However, what an opportunity, to devote each day to loving God with your whole heart.

Matthew 22:39 takes it another direction, to love your neighbor as yourself. This bar we possibly make and even surpass. (However, those that do so probably account for a small percentage of human.) What would your community look like if every believer in Christ put others to the same level of care and love of that of self?

Another chance at life? My mother has been given a gift. You, too, everyday receive a similar gift. Don't let it slip away. Wake up tomorrow and live a life loving God and loving others.

-Mark