How would you finish that sentence?
Last week during church our music director prompted everyone with a cell phone to pull it out. He then instructed everyone to call the 3rd person on their contact list, right then and tell them that you love them. Make sure they know that they are loved.
I didn't have my cell with me at the time, but I was curious to see who would have been number 3 on my phone. So when I got back in the car I scrolled down to check it out.
Number 3 slot in my list of contacts: my car. (Jeremy and I just traded in our vehicles and share one now. It's new so there's an integrated phone on the car for OnStar). So yes, I would have been calling my car to tell it how much it is loved.
Unfortunately, that is the truth, for a lot of people, myself included. We will let many days go by without letting those around us know they are cared for. Yet, we talk so freely about the THINGS we have in our lives.
"I couldn't live without my cell phone"
"I love this house!"
"We have the coolest TV"
"I can't wait to get home to my bed"
Has a day ever gone by that we haven't been thankful and appreciated the things we have in our lives. We say we have our priorities straight. God, family and friends above all else, but do our actions back that up? It's time to re-evaluate, make sure that your actions prove what you say. Let's try living our lives with the same passion for people as we have for things. Let's finish the sentence with God, family and friends.
I love my God, family and friends. (My pets can count too, right?)
"I thank God everytime I think of you." Philippians 1:3
