Yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. James 4:14
Ever think about how life is not a rehearsal?
Only get one shot at all of it.
Every milestone.
Every age.
Every day.
Today, for example, you have only these minutes to spend once.
The ones you are spending reading this blog are used wisely.
Good job!
But what’s next?
Yes, life is spent with many mundane things, such as laundry, shopping, and caring for others.
But even the mundane can be exciting when thinking how temporary it all is.
Thinking about your emotions, do you want to spend your only today racked with guilt?
Will you spend your only today filled with self-pity, un-forgiveness, or fear?
You only get today once.
Don’t give it to the devil.
Today, you have a chance to spend your minutes praising God.
Today, you have a chance to spend your minutes praying to the One who created you.
You get the chance to care for those God has entrusted to you or relax with well-deserved rest.
Don’t allow yourself to squelch these precious minutes you can only spend one time.
Don’t give these minutes to the devil by dwelling outside of God’s peace.
Or living only for yourself.
Why? Because minutes turn into days, which turn into years.
Before you know it, you’ll be a decade older and not at all wiser.
Your family might become distant and you’ll find yourself alone.
Bitterness and self-righteousness are not good companions.
So choose to spend your once in a lifetime minutes as God ordained.
Ask God how He would like you to live.
Ask God who He would like you to love.
Ask God who He would like you to influence for His kingdom.
And spend those precious minutes for Him.
Because every minute is only spent once in our final curtain call called life.
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Amy Linnea 
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