What number are you?

I am at 16,516. This is how many days I have been alive (365 days x 45 years, including leap years and up to today). As I've reached beyond the mid-point, I'm starting to realize the importance of making each day count. I can never get it back.

In our readings for today, Moses writes a prayer at the end of his life. This is Psalm 90. The well-known verse is: "Teach us to number our days that we may gain a heart of wisdom." He describes the eternity of God to the brevity of human lifespan. Life is short! And Moses encourages the reader to make it worthwhile. He implies that wisdom is gained through living our lives through the lens of eternity. Every day we are faced with choices to make. Whether good or bad, right or wrong, hopefully we learn from them and gain wisdom.

Today is the day to examine our lifestyles and our motives. Are we truly using the gift of “time” that God has given us wisely, or are we wasting it looking for pleasure that will only last for a moment? Since we all return to dust, how will your life be different from anyone else? Moses gives us a healthy dose of realism. Our mortal life (this life) will not go on forever. There is an ending and we don't know when that is -so live and learn like every day is your last.