“Go, eat your food with gladness, and drink your wine with a joyful heart, for God has already approved what you do. Always be clothed in white, and always anoint your head with oil. Enjoy life with your wife, whom you love, all the days of this meaningless life that God has given you under the sun-all your meaningless days. For this is your lot in life and in your toilsome labor under the sun. Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the realm of the dead, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom.” Ecclesiastes 9:7-10

Dear Heavenly Father, You gave me this time slot and this cubbyhole on your planet to enjoy for a few short years. After I’m gone others will take my place, live in what was once my home and drive what was once my car. Help me to enjoy the life you’ve granted by living thankfully and existentially in every moment. Give me the wisdom to see each experience as a gift from your hand. Help me to enjoy the life you’ve granted by living thankfully and existentially in every moment. Give me the wisdom to see each experience as a gift from your hand. Help me to use this life to bless others as much as I’m blessed, to leave this world a better place and to plant around the earth your words of truth so they bud and flourish long after I’ve begun to rest with you in the heavens. Amen.

Life is brief and finite. Make the most of this present moment for God, for others and for yourself.