Live Like you are Dying

"I was in my early forties with a lot of life before me
when a moment came that stopped me on a dime
and I spent most of the next days looking at the x-rays,
talking about the options and talking about sweet times.
I asked him when it sank in that this might really be the real end
how’s it hit you when you get that kinda news man what’d you do


I was finally the husband that most the time I wasn’t
and I became a friend a friend would like to have
and all the sudden going fishin wasn’t such an imposition
and I went three times that year I lost my dad
well I finally read the good book and I took a good long hard look
at what I’d do if I could do it all again


Like tomorrow was a gift and you got eternity to think about
what would you do with it
what did you do with it
what did I do with it
what would I do with it?

I went sky diving
I went Rocky Mountain climbing
I went 2.7 seconds on a bull named fumanchu
and I loved deeper and I spoke sweeter
and I gave forgiveness I’d been denying
and he said someday I hope you get the chance
to live like you were dying".

By Tim McGraw

I was driving down the road the other day and this song came on. I can’t say I am a country music fan but it made me think of God’s Word. God’s Word tells us to die to self daily. The key line in the song above is found in the chorus. “Someday I hope you get the chance to live like you were dying…… We have that chance by dying daily to self as God asks of us in his word. I understand what the song says from an earthly perspective. I certainly don’t discount being a better husband or friend. I just think as Christians we need to have an eternal vision (Matt 6:19-21). Hopefully we learn this early on and have the chance to live our life as a testimony to Christ (Phil 1:21). In this song above he describes this exciting new life he found because he faced death and it made him appreciate life. I say we should live our lives excited about what God can do through us because other people are watching and we should want people to have a chance to know the exciting new life in Christ (II Cor 5:17) that we have found. Simply said we do have a chance to live like we are dying!