(500)daysof(a)bummer, It’s a question that I always ask myself, do I...

$It’s a question that I always ask myself, do I have life in abundance? Or in other words (and other versions), do I live life to the full? It’s in times like these in which this question seems more pertinent, when it’s the holidays and everyone seems to be so busy - with jobs, attachments, internships, CCAs, FOCs and the like. Sometimes I ask myself if I have given up too much for my involvment in Church, or whether my involvement in Church is an excuse for me not to be bothered with everything else. Alas we all know the answer to this, as this earthly life is a fraction to the life to come. I guess that’s why John 10:10 makes sense to me, Jesus isn’t just referring to an abundant earthly life, but also an abundant eternal life of love, peace and joy with Him. But beyond that, I think the recent happenings have really stirred something up within me. Loved ones of my loved ones passing away, our worries for the health of our family members and our own futures. I woke up this morning to watch an awareness video regarding Melanoma (skin cancer) and got majorly freaked out since I just got sunburnt while cycling yesterday. And to make matters worse there’s this pigmentation in my eye (it’s a mole!) which has been there since JC days, but I haven’t been observing it and now I’m worried that it has gotten bigger. Okay so everything cumulated into me booking an appointment with an eye specialist next week to get things checked. Basically, all these have given me a greater sense of how life can change in an instant. Life is fleeting, temporal, and to quote Casting Crowns - “a flower quickly fading”. So the question is, how well are we going to live it? I’m going to live mine the best way available, which is to leave it in His hands and to allow Him to give life abundantly (:$

It’s a question that I always ask myself, do I have life in abundance? Or in other words (and other versions), do I live life to the full?

It’s in times like these in which this question seems more pertinent, when it’s the holidays and everyone seems to be so busy - with jobs, attachments, internships, CCAs, FOCs and the like. Sometimes I ask myself if I have given up too much for my involvment in Church, or whether my involvement in Church is an excuse for me not to be bothered with everything else. Alas we all know the answer to this, as this earthly life is a fraction to the life to come. I guess that’s why John 10:10 makes sense to me, Jesus isn’t just referring to an abundant earthly life, but also an abundant eternal life of love, peace and joy with Him.

But beyond that, I think the recent happenings have really stirred something up within me. Loved ones of my loved ones passing away, our worries for the health of our family members and our own futures. I woke up this morning to watch an awareness video regarding Melanoma (skin cancer) and got majorly freaked out since I just got sunburnt while cycling yesterday. And to make matters worse there’s this pigmentation in my eye (it’s a mole!) which has been there since JC days, but I haven’t been observing it and now I’m worried that it has gotten bigger. Okay so everything cumulated into me booking an appointment with an eye specialist next week to get things checked.

Basically, all these have given me a greater sense of how life can change in an instant. Life is fleeting, temporal, and to quote Casting Crowns - “a flower quickly fading”. So the question is, how well are we going to live it? I’m going to live mine the best way available, which is to leave it in His hands and to allow Him to give life abundantly (: