Have you ever heard of “The Mortality Meter”? If you have, great. If not, it’s because I just made it up. Yes, it’s an odd expression but it bodes a discussion, nonetheless. There is something sobering about celebrating a birthday each year. We shouldn’t take it for granted, either.
Another year of life. I’m older, and that’s okay too. You can’t go back, one must always keep going forward. Anyhow, where was I? Birthdays. My birthday. Another year that I was able to live through celebrations, disappointments, triumphs, and trials. I’m grateful for all of those because it has kept me alive. The sadness allows me to feel hurt, the joy allows me to engage in my youthfulness, anger gives me courage, and fear gives me hope. I think that’s what the key to the “mortality meter” is all about. Hope. Hope for another day with loved ones. Hope that the world is not so chaotic. Hope in the Lord Jesus because He will come back one day.
This year I’m hopefully grateful for two things: My relationship with the Lord Jesus, and a family that I’ve been blessed to have. Tomorrow starts another day. I don’t know what it will bring, but I do know Who will bring the day! And that is what keeps my mortality meter on GO…