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Good morning, Champion.
=NEVER BE TOO BUSY FOR RELATIONSHIPS=
John 4:35 (NKJV)
Do you not say, 'There are still four months and then comes the harvest'?
Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are
already white for harvest!
Picking up from yesterday, then – know, enjoy, appreciate and love what you
have while you have it, don't wait to appreciate it when it is gone! We
ended yesterday on the thought of relationships: relationships are a gift in
your life from God, so always make sure you are appreciating or getting the
most out of each of them. The sad fact is, as we said yesterday, not
everyone that is in your life now will be there as they are now in a few
years time - this is so worth thinking about. I hope that thought does not
cause fear but rather motivation, which in turn will deliver you from the
chance of any "wish I had" regrets later on.
_Parents/Grandparents_ – Make the most of every stage of your children's
life and development. When they are through certain stages they are so often
done with them forever and those stages are never repeated. Like flowers in
a field take time to smell the daily scent of who they are and where they
are at now in this thing called life. Remember, their lives are not like DVD
players, so don't live with your finger on Fast Forward or you will miss
stuff. Don't live as if there is a Rewind and you will be able to see it all
another time when you're not so busy. You won't! Keep your finger on Play
and enjoy "real time" life playing out daily before you, and make sure you
join in with it.
_Kids_ (however old you are) – However many parents you have left and no
matter what age they are, make the choice to live in such a way that you
_carpe_ the juice out of those relationships! The sad heritage for kids is
that we all say goodbye to our parents one day and that is the right way
round (there is the hopeful assurance of reuniting with them in the next leg
of eternity). Again, it's not about living with fear or regret but purposing
in our hearts to get the most out of these relationships - not in four
months time but now! As many of you know, a couple of years my mum died of
cancer. It was so fast, she went into a hospital with back pain and four
weeks later died in a hospice. I loved my mum; she was a great mum and an
inspiration and mentor to my faith in God. I remember sitting in that
hospice day and night in those last few days trying to get as many moments
as I could with her and from her. The reality is, the moments were always
there for many years previously - it was not that I did not want them, but I
was busy: thinking back, maybe too busy? Maybe if I had that chance again I
would be less busy. Come on, Champion - make that phone call, arrange that
visit, forgive, love. They're worth it!
Also with friends, we all like to think that the friends who are close in
our life now will always be there in that same way; truth is not many will
be. Marriage, great job offers, and many other things come to put distant
between once-close friendships. Some stay close for ever but not all. Again,
don't live in the fear of people moving on because that is natural. Some
move out of your life, to some degree or another, to make room for others to
move in. Live to love, enjoy and harvest the best of who is in your world
now! Thank God for e-mails and mobile phones that even those who move are
never that far.
Children, parents, family and friends: they are all gifts from God for you.
Let's all be inspired to get the most out of all these gifts while they are
still in our possession. Busy is good - the hand of the diligent rules; but
let's make sure a part of our "busy" is special people.
God Bless,
Andy
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