Don’t miss your chance
I took our dog outside recently so she could do what needed to be done. Lucy is a 50 lb black lab / cocker spaniel mix. I leashed her up and walked her outside, but left the front door open. As I stood on the porch, and Lucy was walking around, our cat sneaked out the front door and paused on the porch. Lucy loves our cat–so much that she would eat her if she could. But Lucy didn’t see her. The cat slowly crept past her until she was out of harm’s way.
I couldn’t help but think that Lucy missed her chance and she didn’t even know it. Then I wondered, “How many times have I missed an opportunity because I wasn’t paying attention?”
Work. You get wrapped up in the duties of the day and just hope you can survive until tomorrow. Or worse, you were wasting time on your phone because you knew you get finished, but your work was not done well. Did you miss the chance to make a positive impression on your boss?
School. You’ve thought about taking some classes or going back to finish your degree, but you just haven’t done it yet. Have you missed the chance to increase your knowledge?
Home. You really want to lead your family and be the right Christian example, but instead of having family devotions, you spend your time on Facebook. Or you love your spouse, but you’re not doing much to show it. This may the scariest of all. Have you missed the chance to train up your children in the way they should go? Have you lost the opportunity to build your family’s legacy?
Witness. If losing the chance to be right husband and father is the scariest, then losing the chance to witness is the most common. In all the areas above, how many people in your life (not strangers) need to know how Jesus has changed you? How many people will not accept the gift of salvation because you didn’t share it with them? I hope that sobering question guides your and my actions today.
Interview with Lehman Riggs
The following is an interview with Lehman Riggs concerning his role with the pictures featured in LIFE magazine, May 14, 1945, known as The Last Man to Die. Recorded from 99.7 WTN on May 11, 2012.
