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It is hard to believe that today I am 36 years old.  According to my research the average American male lives to be just over 75 years old.  Moses says in Psalm 90:10 that a person's life expectancy is between 70 and 80 years old.  We can not choose when we are going to die, just like we were not able to choose when we where born.  However, we can choose how we are going to live. 

I am pleased with the life I have lived so far.  Do not get me wrong, there are things that I wish I would have never done and some things that I wish I would have done (Sounds like Romans 7).  Over all I have a great life:  I had a great childhood, I know Christ as my Savior, I have a beautiful wife, I have two wonderful kids, and I have a job that I love (I pastor Carter's Baptist Church).

I know that life is a precious gift from God.  Everyday that He gives me the chance to live is a blessing, and I should live each day for Him.  I know that none of us is given a guarantee of tomorrow.  James 4:14 tells us that life is but a vapour, here one moment and gone the next.

That is why today, February 15, 2011, I hereby resolve to live each day as it is my last.  I resolve to seek God with all my heart.  I resolve to love my family more.  I resolve to enjoy the company of others.  I resolve to live life to it's fullest.  I resolve to have more fun.  I resolve to enjoy the little things in life. I resolve to worry and stress less. I resolve to help others.  I resolve to boldly proclaim the name of Christ.

I am going to choose to enjoy my life and live it to the fullest no matter how much time I have left here on earth.

Live Life on Purpose,

Pastor Greg