Man In The Lake

 
A man and his wife bought a cabin at a lake.  They had almost reached retirement, so this was their plan.  They would spend weekends there, fishing and relaxing.  Rocking on the porch and watching the sunset.

One weekend, the husband decided to go up early, hoping to get a "head start" on fishing.  His wife would join him after she was done with work.  When she arrived, his car was parked near the cabin, but he was no where to be seen.  After a thorough search of the cabin, the dock, and scanning the lake, he was still absent.  She waited for an hour or two to see if he had gone on a hike in the woods.  No hiker returned that day.

For days, weeks, and months the police and the foresters, firefighters and neighbors searched the woods.  They dragged the lake.

He had completely vanished.

People wondered what had happened - did he have a heart attack and fall in the lake?  There was no one there to hear his cries of distress.  The wife was devastated. 

True story.

He was never found. 

So what do we do with this story?  What can we take away?

The wisest man who ever lived made this observation after surveying the earth, and people in all their ways:


^"I know that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to do good while they live. That each of them may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all their toil—this is the gift of God."
 ~ Ecclesiastes 3:12-13

Here is your take away:

Are you spending enough time with the people you love?

Quality time?  (Hint hint:  Put away the phone and talk to your loved ones)

Are you doing things that matter?

Are you doing things that are important to you and to your family?

We're living an awfully short, unpredictable life.  It's time to live the way you know you should.

Do the things you should.
Be the things you should.

Live It Up!!