Events

Ever notice we go through our life referring to events as milestones. "I did that before I was married......I had this before my daughter was born.....we owned that car before we bought this house......we did that before so and so died". You get the idea. All our big events in this life revolve around a timeline of bigger events. A big event for our family was when all 9 of us went to Disneyworld!

I'm 2009, my parents, husband, kids, brother, niece, and I all went to Disney. This was a gift from my parents to us kids and grandkids. We planned for months. We decided to go for a whole week to this magical place. We planned to stay at a reasort verses a hotel.....get the meal plan verses cooking or eating off site......get the resort transportation verses renting a car......flew in a plane for 2 hours  verses driving for 2 days. We planned and planned. Finally the day arrived to catch the plane and gooooooo! We were all so excited. I won't go into crazy details as when all our family gets together we just joke and laugh and have a great time. That week went so quick and we weren't ready to leave. When we got home all us kids and grandkids made a scrapbook of the trip for our parents as a "thank you". It's funny that this scrapbook holds a special place to me. Every time we visit them I look at it or bring it home to look at. My family knows I'm wacky so it's ok....haha.

While we were at Disney, my husband had symptoms of diabetes. We would sit down for a meal together and he would drink and drink and drink some more. His thirst couldn't get quenched and he was nauseous most of the time. (This is a red flag of high blood sugar) When we returned home from the trip he had testing done and found out that sure enough he had diabetes. When anyone asks when he was diagnosed with the disease, we can remember 2009 because of that trip and know just when he got his diagnosis. Big events help us remember things.

This got me thinking......the biggest most important event in our life should be the day we accepted Jesus. This is more important than a marriage, a birth, a trip, a death.....or whatever. Yes, these events are very important to us and we remember other things in our life based on them. The event of accepting Jesus has eternal benefits. While getting married is a major event and worthy to be remembered forever, it's not the same as our decision for Christ. We should look at life as "I did this before I knew Jesus".......or...."once I knew Jesus we did this or that". This should be the defining moment of any event in the timeline of our life. No other event can measure up. I think about Disney and how it's so amazing there.....and one day my husband and I intend to go back, but Disney doesn't compare at all to heaven.  Disney fun is temporary.....heaven is for ETERNITY!!