The Undelieverable Gift

James 4:14 Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away.

How many times do we think we will have tomorrow to make that phone call, write that letter or go to lunch with someone only to receive that phone call where you will never get that chance?

Today marks the anniversary of the day I lost a friend that I never sent a gift to. I bought the gift, I got the address ready, just never got it in the mail. The phone call came and it was too late. I allowed the business of life to rob me of the things that are too important. My friend who served faithfully next to me in ministry making sure that all the trips were organized students and families were ministered to, never got the gift that she deserved. (actually she deserved much more than the gift I bought) Yes it was just a gift and compared to her standing before the Great God we serve it is nothing. But I needed to let her know one more time how much I appreciated her work and faithfulness but that conversation was not to happen.

Telling someone you love them later is never a guarantee. We are never promised tomorrow and we have no clue when that phone call will come that will change our day and even our lives but what we do know is that we can pick up the phone and tell others we love them right now. We can let them know more importantly that Jesus loves them. (John 3:16) We can take today and spend time with our children, spouses and friends.

The great news is, I will see my friend again in heaven. I am not sure if God will allow us to sing our made up words to old hymns again but who knows. I guess maybe in heaven I could tell her about the prepackaged bed, bath, and beyond gift I got her. (she was one that knew it was the thought that counted) What Gift do you have to deliver today? What call do you need to make? Go do it?

Proverbs 27:1 Do not boast about tomorrow, For you do not know what a day may bring forth.