Crazy Love With Francis Chanნიმუში

“You Might Not Finish This Chapter"

You could die before you finish reading this. I could die while you’re reading it. Today. At any moment.

On the average day, we live caught up in ourselves. On the average day, we don’t consider God very much. On the average day, we forget that our life truly is a vapor.

Do you really believe you could vanish at any minute? That perhaps today you will die? Or do you instead feel somehow invincible?

I had never experienced heart problems until a couple of years ago when I began to have heart palpitations. Over time they became more frequent, and this worried me.

To be honest, I knew what the problem was. I was immersed in and overcome by stress. It was the Christmas season, and I had to take care of and think about a lot of things.

But on Christmas Eve the issue intensified so much that I told my wife I would go to the emergency room after the church service. During the service, however, I surrendered all of my worries and stress to God. My symptoms slowly went away, and I never went to the doctor.

When I am consumed by my problems—stressed out about my life, my family, and my job—I actually convey the belief that I think the circumstances are more important than God’s command to always rejoice. In other words, that I have a “right” to disobey God because of the magnitude of my responsibilities.

I find myself relearning this lesson often. Even though I glimpse God’s holiness, I am still dumb enough to forget that life is all about God and not about me at all.

* How often do you think about how fleeting your own life is? How does this realization help you live more transparently, lovingly, trustingly?

Finally, watch this video and think on the points discussed: