Our Days Are Numbered

5 Job 14: 5
A person’s days are determined; you have decreed the number of his months and have set limits he cannot exceed.

I have a prayer request that I prayed pretty often during my 18 years of RSD.   It's one I am not proud of but one that also points out to you how very much I hurt.  But it's also one that I'm so very thankful that his answer was not yet!

You see, I prayed that the Lord would take me home to him.  I figured during my most painful and most dark days that my family would be better off without me.  

Little did I know that the Lord had far greater plans for His Glory than taking me home.  I am eternally grateful for his mercy!

I am also very sure of the above verse being true.  I have seen several of my loved ones go through things which should have been their last day.  But, they weren't because the God of the Universe is in control and he said "it's not your time"!  These people went through things that are a part of living on this planet and which may cause some to breathe their last because God says it's their time but for others, they somehow make it through alive because God has different plans for them.  

These are not necessarily in order but stand out in my mind as examples...

My bro had a double pulmonary embolism event and lived to tell about it!  There are not many who make it through ONE pulmonary embolism let alone a double!  It was not his time.

My mom who was 89 at the time, went septic!  The Drs said to come say goodbye.  She lived! She's 93 now and is driving and working still!  It was not her time!

Our friends had a baby who was injured during birth and they were told to say their goodbyes.  She's around 1.5 years and is a very active little girl!  It was not her time!

And the latest....

This is not the actual crash photo, that's not mine to share

Our baby girl walked away from a CRASH in Aug!  The tow truck driver high fived that fact with her!  She should have been mangled pretty good but she wasn't and we know why!  God said it wasn't her time! AND for some reason, he spared her from great trauma to her body.  She may have hurt some and may have some lingering repercussions, but we are praising the Savior for her being able to walk away from this car.  

We all also know of people we think died unnecessarily or too soon.  The thing is, they didn't.  I've come to the conclusion that we can not do ANYTHING to lengthen our days.  ( the jury of one, my opinion, is still out on whether we can shorten our God given days through suicide, but even so, He knew before we were born if we'd take that way out.  I just don't know.)  

I have also been to nursing homes recently.  I see people who's lives are lived for years in sad shape at the end of their lives.  Is this because we live in this sinful world and this stuff happens?

I wonder if maybe, just maybe, the way I treat my body today may have an effect on how I live out the rest of my days.  If I'm careless with my body, I may suffer more at the end, but I can't add or take away from the number of those days...just maybe the quality.  I don't know but I think I'll try to take better care of this body.

Nah.  I don't plan on going nuts with the health food cause I've seen even that cause someone grief.   I do however, hope to make wise choices, be a WEE BIT more cautious (THAT will not be easy and notice the emphasis on wee bit, cause again, I'm not going to go to the extreme!) and take care to see the Dr when needed.  

And Lord willing, I'll be like my mom who is 93 and still getting around on her own!