What is life? How can I make it count? Has my time on this planet been meaningful? Several numbers come to mind: 48+; 17,780; 426,720; and 25,603,200. Those are the years, days, hours and minutes I will have been on this planet as of August 12, 2008.
Time is a curious thing. What is certain is that I will never have the chance to go back and relive any of those years, days, hours or minutes. And while the numbers of your life may be different at this moment in time, you still face that same reality.
So we share a common struggle. At least I hope we do. My struggle is this: in light of my own physical mortality and the reality of the passing of time, how can I make the remaining time God has given me really matter?
There are a few things I know. I know that it is in the intimacy of a small group that real progress is made and that I have a chance to challenge and be challenged. I know that apart from other godly men, it is far more difficult to keep my spiritual focus. And I know that investing in others is how to please God.
I hope you will join me as I open my thoughts, concerns, and struggles to you. More than that, I hope that you will get involved with other believers in a small group to make the truths of the Word of God meaningful and applicable in a time where Christianity is seen as irrelevant to the real world.
Blessings,
Mark Fuller