Dash

Revelation 1:8

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.”

THE DASH

by Linda Ellis

I read of a man who stood to speak at the funeral of a friend. He referred to the dates on the tombstone from the beginning… to the end.

He noted that first came the date of birth and spoke of the following date with tears, but he said what mattered most of all was the dash between those years.

For that dash represents all the time they spent alive on earth and now only those who loved them know what that little line is worth.

For it matters not, how much we own, the cars… the house… the cash. What matters is how we live and love and how we spend our dash.

So think about this long and hard; are there things you’d like to change? For you never know how much time is left that still can be rearranged.

To be less quick to anger and show appreciation more and love the people in our lives like we’ve never loved before.

If we treat each other with respect and more often wear a smile… remembering that this special dash might only last a little while.

So when your eulogy is being read, with your life’s actions to rehash, would you be proud of the things they say about how you lived your dash?

We have all heard and read how the Lord God is the Alpha and the Omega.  He is the beginning and the end.  But what is in between?  In between is the dash, the life that we live.  While “The Dash” never mentions God, the things it does say we should do to live our dash the best all goes along with how the Bible tells us to live.  How we are to love one another and be slow to anger. 

Today I wanted to encourage you to make sure you are living a dash that is worthy of beginning and ending with Christ.  We are Christ on earth to those that we come in contact with.  Live your dash for Christ today and always.