Guaranteed 100% you will get soaking wet if you stand under a downpour.
100% likely you will lose an important record if you toss it in a large box of random stuff.
Speed in a busy school zone and 100% you will be ticketed, or at least reported to authorities.
Consume lots of alcohol or rich food and there’s a 100% chance you will need to take something for heartburn or to quiet a nasty headache.
These are a few examples of the obvious 100%. I’m sure you could come up with several of your own.
On the other hand, there is one “100%” most of us tend to ignore. Or at least set aside until we can’t avoid it any longer.
That 100%? The reality of our mortality.
I recall years ago making the comment [probably with a chuckle] that “none of us get out of this alive.” My, how the passage of time puts a different perspective on those words.
Without a doubt it would be unhealthy to spend lots of our waking moments contemplating our inevitable death. On the other hand, there is an upside to being fully aware we have a finite amount of hours and days, the sum total known only by God.
In the awareness of our inevitable passing, we can choose to make the most of our present life.
“Make the most” means different things to different people. The point is—what, or maybe more importantly, who, is at the top of your priority list? What are those choices, actions, and behaviors you sense you are to choose to honor, respect, and live this one best life you have been given?
It’s not about being perfect. Or being right. Or not experiencing failure—whatever that means.
It is about using the gifts, talents, and unique personality you and I have been gifted with to be the best lovers we can be—lovers of God and others, as self.
As with a lot of things, I occasionally need to remind myself of this important truth.
Do I hesitate to ponder my mortality? Why?
What do I feel when I acknowledge my mortality is 100%
How can God help me make the most of this hour, this day?
