by Marea Smith
I was asked to be at the birth. This sweet mama and I go way back. We met when she was a high school student and my husband was her choir director.
Fast forward 17 years.
I was supposed to be there but I missed the call. And the text. It was the middle of the night and I was asleep. My ringer was off. It had seemed the baby was going to hang out until his scheduled delivery. I wasn’t expecting the big event for another 3 days.
Baby, mom, and dad are fantastic. She didn’t “need” me but I regret not having been available for my friend. I wish I had been there to encourage her and love on her a bit.
Here’s the thing. We really don’t know the “when” for most things in life; when we’ll meet “the one” or lose the love of our life. Big events are often unexpected; a promotion, a pregnancy, an illness, or an accident.
Ultimately, our time on earth is the greatest unknown. In my mid 40s, I’m more acutely aware of the need to “Live life without regrets”. I don’t mean “You only live once” or “Do what feels good“. This is a “Love well, Forgive freely, Walk humbly, Be a blessing” kind of suggestion. And if you haven’t definitively settled the question of eternity in your life, it’s a plea that you do so today.
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:23
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