It's only a question of time......
Walking away from a doctor's consult may bring you the realization that it's only a question of time.....one more day, a month, a year, or even a decade or two will quickly pass...  so how much time can we buy? for  if with the Lord a thousand years is like a day and a day is like a thousand years  can we  really buy time and why would we want to buy time..........? If the 'wasted' years will come back how will you spend them differently? But since that is not possible, what is the way forward? trying to live each day fully as if it's the last ...? .what can be done differently need to be done now, as tomorrow may be late.... things that need to be said in love should be said now as the 'loved one' may not be there for ever...... unfinished businesses should be attended to... otherwise...... unforgiveness and broken relationships need to be restored now; with self, others and the Lord. Just as the doctor's verdict may come as a surprise... the Lord's coming like a thief in the night need not be a bigger surprise. There is need to attend to priorities, to keep in balance the physical/spiritual, the transient/eternal for we are reminded: 'what does it profit man to gain the whole world at the expense of his soul?'  Nothing lasts forever and nothing remains the same so it's good to keep watch and stay awake for it's only a question time........