Ben Pettit

Oh, if this should be my last day on this earth
How then shall I live
Oh, if this should be the last day that I have
Before I breathe the air of Heaven
Let me live it with abandon to
The only thing that remains
After my last day here on earth

Above is song text by Steven Curtis Chapman. It sparked a question in my mind. What would your life look like if you knew you had only one day, 24 hours, from now to live? I’m not trying to come across as morbid. I’m only asking you to self-examine yourself.

Much to my demise I lived much of college like this. If there was something to do, I was doing it. I was out and about as much as possible. I did not like to be not busy. I prided myself on having a full calendar. Over the years that has changed for me.

On the other hand do you ever feel like your so busy that you can not enjoy life? I always had this thought that the homework really did not matter. The test, big deal, it’s a test. My heart beat was always to play music. I really have never cared to analyse it. Everything else took a back seat.

I think if I had the one last day to live, I would do everything with reckless abandon. I’d drive with reckless abandon, maybe go shoot some guns or something southern and American, and then spend as much time as possible with my family, roommates, and Stacy.

I don’t know when the Lord is coming back, but I do know that I’ll spend eternity with him.