as the day draws near

Hey everyone! I was lying awake thinking about my trip. It is getting so close, I can't believe it. Anyways, for some reason I was thinking about who I would miss...then I thought about who would really miss me. I know it sounds kind of selfish and a little bit silly, but really isn't that human nature to wonder if we would be missed. (or maybe it's just me)

Dictionary.com defines the word "miss" in about 17 different ways. The fifth definition of this word is "to notice the absence or loss of"

I have also heard it said (or posted on facebook) that missing someone is not measured by the continuous minutes you spend thinking about them, but the small moments that  make you think of them. I think that might be my favorite definition of "miss". It brings a deeper emotion to the phrase " I missed you". Isn't that how you want to be missed? Don't you want people to love you so much that random objects and events make them think of you. Don't you want your friends to go to the mall and see something and think "______ would have loved this!" and then laugh at an inside joke and be happy that they know you rather than them be miserable just because you are not there every second of the day.

I experienced this first hand the other day. Before I get into the example a little background information; I have a small sock monkey hanging in my rear view mirror of my car. No particular reason, i just saw it in Cracker Barrel and thought it was cute. Well One of my friends has been at the beach for the past week and sent me a picture the other day. It was a picture of a beach dressed sock monkey and the message said "Thinking about you" That's all she wrote, nothing but a monkey and a thinking of you! But honestly it was one of the best text's I had gotten in a while! It made me smile from ear to ear.

So my next question is who have you missed lately? Has there been a certain event or movie or sock monkey in a beach gift shop that has made you think of someone specific??

Or better yet...Have you missed Jesus recently? Or How about God? How often do you see something in life and think about the power of God? When you see a rainbow do you see a bunch of colors, or think about how God kept his promise to Noah? Do you listen to a thunderstorm and think "i wish this rain would stop" or do you think about when Jesus calmed a raging Sea of Galilee? When you sit in worship and partake of the Lord's supper are you thinking about lunch, the person sitting next to you or texting? Or are you thinking about How Jesus had His body Broken, spilled His Blood and DIED so that we could have a chance to be in Heaven with our Father and Creator!

I will be the first to admit that I am not perfect at this, but I hope and pray to get better, and I hope that is your same prayer. We have an amazing God and an amazing Savior. Let's take a few moments and "miss" them, and strive to go to Heaven so we can see them!

~God Bless~