make it count

"make it count"

if you're lucky,

you might live 100 years,

but in life, there are no guarantees,

the Bible describes life as a vapor,

a flash in the pan,

a precious but fleeting gift.

Fact: You will spend a lot more time dead than you will alive.

and when your life ends....

there are no second chances.

which means that life is too short

and too valuable to waste.

but you're in luck,

today is a very special day

because

you're still alive

which means

you have 1 more day to make this count

one more day

to change the trajectory of your life

one more day

to stop chasing empty promises

and focus

on the only things that matter

loving God

and loving others

there is no guarentee of tomorrow,

but you have today

it is a gift

make it count.

We saw this video at overnight camp, and while i was walking to my friends house today, i really took a thought about it, and i think its gonna be something i live by, something worth getting tattooed on.

Make it Count. Thats my new life motto. Ha i've always wanted those quotes i could live by that i made up myself that is original, but i think God may have been speaking to me through this one. These 3 words can mean so much.

Make everyday count for God. In every action you do, everything you say, and every thought. Do it all for God's glory. After watching this video, the first thing that came to my head was one of the songs we sang at overnight, Amazing Love.

"Im forgiven because you were forsaken,

Im accepted, you were condemned.

Im alive and well, your spirit is within me,

Because you died and rose again."

Sometimes i wake up and thank God for this day that he has made. That he's given us this day to glorify him. He could EASILY take us to heaven in a snap of a finger, but the fact that i can wake up for another day is amazing. That's why we live each and every day for Christ.

I hope i can remind myself DAILY about this, and that i'll be able to learn to live this out as my new motto. :)

I, Jason Chan, will learn and try my best to make EACH day i live count for my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

verse of the day: Romans 12:1-2 (The Message)

1-2 So here's what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don't become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You'll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you.