Don't presume a goodbye won't be your last.

Live it
Sadly, the older we get, the more time we spend in funeral homes comforting friends who have lost someone. And almost without exception, a family member is there who has never said what needed to be said to the one in the casket. I've never understood how someone could possibly think hurt feelings more important than having a clear conscience.

My wife frequently goes to the nursing home where her mom and dad spent their last days on earth. There, she visits some of the residents she got to know as she visited her parents. But, one person she always sees when she goes there are the parents of her best bud from high school. The sad thing is that her old friend has never been there for her parents in their old age, but acts as if they're already dead. What memory is so painful, someone is willing to do that? What causes someone to shun the love someone else has for them? And what activities are so important they're willing to lose the only opportunity they have to get past the past? If I've described you, don't bother thinking of a good answer because there isn't one.

Pray it
There are so many people who have influenced my life in a positive way and most of them are still alive. Like last week, I want to take time to call or visit and encourage them by telling them what You've done in me because of them. I want to do this, not to glorify them, but thank You who works in all of us and deserves all the glory.

Resources
You can't finish what you never start. (2000)
Timothy: A loving care for others that flows from the heart of a true servant (2001)
Living by faith is acting on the revealed word of God (2003)
Repentance - what the Ninevites did and Jonah didn't. (2004)
The only way to grow a healthy garden is to pull out the weeds that inhibit growth. (2005)
Devotional (2006)
You'll never get close to God until you approach Him and spend time with Him. (2007)
Scary thought: people learn about God from watching you. (2008)

1. One-minute Devotionals began on January 2, 2006 and are the original creation of James R. Green, Prayertower Webservant Content is derived from his alternating and sequential survey of both the Old and New Testament to offer insight on Scripture.
2. Resources are derived from daily devotions of James R. Green called, Just Thinkin'... (2000-2003), Read the Bible Thru in 365 Days (2004), Pray Thru the Word in 365 Days (2005) and One Minute Devotional (2006-2008).
3. Scripture: God's Word Translation (c)1995 by God's Word to the Nations. All Rights Reserved.

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