A few days ago I bought a flat at an auction filled with CDs. As I write this post I am listening to one by Hank Williams. For those of you not familiar with country music, Hank Williams is one of the top artists in that genre. Born in 1923 he only lived 29 years yet in that short life time he recorded 35 singles that reached the top ten of Billboard Country and Western Best Sellers chart.
Unfortunately, his personal life was filled with problems. Years of alcoholism, prescription drug abuse and back pain haunted him for much of his professional life and no doubt contributed to his early death. Still, his music lives on and continues to be listened to everyone who loves true country music. One can only wonder what he might have been accomplished if his personal life had been different.
That question might be one we should all reflect on. Each of us have been blessed by God with life and various gifts and abilities. Unfortunately, many of us wander through life settling for lesser things rather than living our best possible lives. We fail to use the gifts God has given us, and we miss the opportunities we have to make a difference in the world around us. We pursue the trivial things life has to offer rather than lifting our sights to those opportunities God places before us.
There are times, when at the end of the day, I look back and wonder why I didn't use it more wisely. Like many things in life, our enemy is not the bad things that consume our time; it is that we settle for the good things rather than the best. We are to be wise stewards of this life God has given us, and as wise stewards we should seek to live our best lives every day.
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