Show us how to spend our lives

"Teach us to realize the brevity of life, so that we may grow in wisdom." Psalm 90:12 NLT

The husband of inspiring distance runner Gabriele "Gabe" Grunewald, 32, announced the heartbreaking news yesterday that Gabe, who has battled cancer on and off since 2009, is now in comfort care as they wait for the inevitable. And while Gabe is without a doubt a great runner, clenching many titles in her short career, she will be most remembered for being a brave runner who, in the midst of her long and hard fight with the deadly disease, founded the Brave Like Gabe foundation whose mission it is to support rare cancer research and empower cancer survivors through physical activity.

And you know, while cancer will soon steal Gabe's life, it's, ironically, the very thing that made her realize just how short life was, which motivated her to make the most of each and every day - accomplishing more in her short life than most people will do in a lifetime. And while you and I may never be given a diagnosis that causes us to literally number our days, we should remember that tomorrow isn't promised and so, like the psalmist, ask the Lord to "teach us the brevity of life, so that we may grow in wisdom" that we might spend each day we have doing only those things that have an eternal impact. 

Can you just imagine how differently each one of us would spend our days if we, too, truly realized how short life was?? If we truly understood that today might be our very last? Well it certainly could be my friend - so let's make it count. 

Heavenly Father, thank You for the reminder that no one knows the number of days they have left on this earth. And for that Lord, I pray that you would show us how to spend our time, not wasting even a moment doing things that don't matter. It's in your precious name we pray Jesus. Amen. 

Happy Running!!!

Spend a Life

Update... sadly I woke up to find that Gabe had lost her fight with cancer and went home to be with the Lord. May her life inspire us all to live with purpose today. 

https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a27751824/gabriele-grunewald-dies-from-rare-cancer/