We never really expect to lose a loved one, do we? Maybe after a
long illness or an aging person, we see the writing on the wall; but
really people in our lives tend to go in and out.
Our children grow up and then go out to make their way in the world.
Our siblings, or maybe we take a job in another state. Our retiring
parents move south. Death is the more shocking of a loss and we know
that too well.
In light of that, how should we be treating those relationships that
are the closest to us? For some reason family relationships tend to be
the very thing that we take for granted the most. I don’t know why that
is, but it seems to be true much of the time. The truth is we do not
have our family relationships forever.
In Courageous, the young daughter of Adam is tragically removed from
the family when she dies suddenly in a car crash. What an incredible
shock to any family. Their family is then forced not only to face the
issues of her loss, but their existing issues that were already a
challenge among them.
Can we evaluate our relationships now, and then see how we can
express what we have always wanted to say and do what we’ve always
wanted to do?
My father died suddenly in 2008. I mourned the loss of things that
were never to become between him and me, but I did not regret anything
said or unsaid. I am thankful that we were able to live that way. I
want to be thankful for how relate to my wife and children too, don’t
you? The only way to insure that is to get to it. Leave nothing
undone. Make the most of the time that you have.
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