Value the Lasts

Hello Emmanuel,

This coming school year is a year of lasts.  Joey is a senior and, with it, comes all the last things he’ll do.  He’s already had his last band camp (and had the joy of having his sister join him).  Soon it will be his last first day of school; his last second day of school; his last fooball game; his last parade; his last Fall concert; his last Christmas break; his last…..

This will be the 4^th time Kim and I have gone through a year of lasts.  We seem to appreciate and value more the senior year than any of the other years.  Why is that?

Today will be the last August 8^th, 2016 that I will ever experience.  Shouldn’t I value today like any other last?  Unfortunately we get into a mode where every day seems like any day.  The truth of it is that each day is unique.  No day is like any other day.  No year is like any other year.  The uniqueness that time brings us should be cherished as if we will not see its like again…. Because we will not.

After High School, Joey will go to college and we will see another 4 year cycle (please, God, let it be only 4 years).  We will see more lasts as you see more lasts on this very day.  I invite you to cherish each moment of this gift of life.  Treat the moment like you’ll never see it again because you won’t ever see it again.

God is Good,

Pastor Joe