Dreaming of a thousand more moments with you

I read this quote tonight:  A thousand moments I had taken for granted, mostly because I assumed there would be a thousand more...and it really hit me hard. I thought about how often we take for granted the ones that mean the most to us, never knowing when our last time spent with them will be. Life can be so very unpredictable at times, we always think tragedies will strike someone else, never close to home, and then they do. I honesty don't know what's worse... watching a loved one slowly fade away to a life debilitating disease, where you'd have some time to prepare yourself, do what's important, and get to say goodbye? On the same side of that coin you slowly see who they once were slowly fade away, and watch as they suffer and pray for God to take your precious loved one because you can't bare to see them suffer anymore. Or is it worse to suddenly lose them and not have the chance to say goodbye or savor the last moments you had with them? Then there is the regret that attaches itself to "if only I had known, I would have..." And the heartbreak that follows from the thousand moments that you thought you'd have together are no longer in the near future. No matter  "how" you lost your precious loved one... I want to reassure you, if you ever doubt for a moment or regret your last goodbye or final moments spent with them... That your loved one knows how much you loved them. I fully believe they understand how much you loved them far better then they ever did while they were alive. Don't allow regret to steal the years of love that was shared, or the joyous memories made...and don't allow death to steal your future hope of eternal life with them, Christ is our hope, he came to save us. Don't let Satan convince you that death put a period where Christ has put a comma. When Christ said it is finished on the cross, he meant death was defeated for all who trust in him. Losing someone we love no matter the circumstances is never easy. The cost of love is the desire to spend an eternity together, God planted this desire in everyone's heart because this life was never meant to satisfy, we were designed to crave eternity with God... the ones we get to love while we are here on earth are an added bonus. So surround yourself with those who love you, dream of those thousands of moments to come in eternity, spent with no more sickness no more tears because there will be a day when this life is but a distant memory. What a glorious day that shall be. I love this quote: One day the paper will read that I have died... Don't believe that for a moment for on that day I will be more alive than I have ever been!" Until that day cling to Christ and those you cherish.