Taking life for granted

I will start this blog post with this statement,

Most people who died yesterday had plans for today...

This statement hit me hard,because the same day that I read this, I drove past a car accident on the way home. This car drove into a cement truck and was hit by another car in the back, the man who drove the car died on the way to hospital.

I was really saddened to hear about his death and could not stop wondering what he could have had planned for the day, or who he was on his way to see. Questions that I will never have the answers to.

It made me reflect on my own life; I am so use to going to work, seeing my friends, going to uni and traveling to different places, that I don't really appreciate the things I do or the people I see.

I have been taking the people in my life for granted...I have been taking my own life for granted.

Waking up every morning is such a blessing, being able to drive to uni is something that a lot of people don't get to do and being with the people you love is a great privilege.

We are so fixated in coming and going as we have planned that we do not think about the moment that we are in.

When was the last time you told you told someone you loved them, and really meant it?

What I am trying to say is that, we need to live our life's, love unconditionally and be thankful for the days we do have because life is short, it can end any moment. Next time you see your family or friends, hug them and tell them you love them. To all my family or friends reading this, I love you, Ek is lief vir jou!

I leave you with this verse:

1 Peter 4:7-11

The end of all things is near. Therefore be alert and of sober mind so that you may pray. Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God's grace in its various forms. If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of God. If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory, and the power for ever and ever. Amen.

Until next time

[C]