Do you Show your Feelings?

"Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever." Psalm 118:29

Today my husband and I found out that someone we know is terminally ill. We don't know how much time he has left, we don't know if he is in pain. All we know is that he is going to die sooner than he expected.

My first thought upon hearing this news was that I cannot by any stretch of the imagination fathom what his wife and children are feeling. I cannot imagine having someone tell me that my husband is sick and there is nothing that can be done.

My second thought was that I wanted to give my husband a big hug and tell him how much I love him.

Do you tell the people in your life how much they mean to you? If you were to die tomorrow would your friends and family truly know how much you loved them and how each and every one of them had touched your life? Today was a wake up call for me. Today I made a promise to myself that everyone in my life who is important to me is going to know it. I cannot take the risk of assuming that I have done a good job of letting my feelings be known. I also made a promise to treat every day that I have with my loved ones as a gift.

God I thank you for your grace, for your love and for your son Jesus. I thank you for the people you have put into my life who have touched me and made my life so much richer. I thank you for giving me a heart that feels love, compassion and pain. Most of all God, I thank you for loving me always and showing me the way when I am lost. Amen.