He said I was in my early forties
with a lot of life before me
when a moment came that stopped me on a dime
and I spent most of the next days
looking at the x-rays
Talking 'bout the options
and talking 'bout sweet time
I asked him when it sank in
that this might really be the real end
how(s) it hit you when you get that kind of news
man what'd you do

and he said
I went sky diving
I went Rocky Mountain climbing
I went 2.7 seconds on a bull named fumanchu
and I loved deeper and I spoke sweeter
and I gave forgiveness I'd been denying
and he said someday I hope you get the chance
to live like you were dying.

He said he was finally the husband
that most the time I wasn't
and I became a friend a friend would like to have
and all the sudden going fishin'
wasn't such an imposition
and I went three times that year I lost my dad
well I finally read the good book
and I took a good long hard look
at what I'd do if I could do it all again

and then
I went sky diving
I went Rocky Mountain climbing
I went 2.7 seconds on a bull named fumanchu
and I loved deeper and I spoke sweeter
and I gave forgiveness I'd been denying
and he said someday I hope you get the chance
to live like you were dying

Like tomorrow was a gift and you got eternity to think about
what'd you do with it what did you do with it
what did I do with it
what would I do with it?

Sky diving
I went Rocky Mountain climbing
I went 2.7 seconds on a bull named fumanchu
and then I loved deeper and I spoke sweeter
and I watched an eagle as it was flying
and he said someday I hope you get the chance
to live like you were dying.
To live like you were dying
To live like you were dying
To live like you were dying
To live like you were dying.

(from Tim McGraw's "Live Like You were Dying")

Seize the day! All of us die a little bit each day, some of us just do it better than others!

Forgive me FATHER when I get off track, off task. Keep me centered in YOU and YOUR ways. I ask YOUR blessings on this day. Use me. I ask YOUR blessing on Krl, I pray for her health, physically, spiritually, emotionally. I lift up Hag, B., Lillie, Tj, Rene', Carol, Michelle, Aimee, Jennifer, Rusty and Kim's baby, and those still recovering from their injuries for YOUR miracle of healing. I pray for those needing YOU in their lives as they search and stumble. I ask that YOU surround us with YOU, YOUR spirit, YOUR mercy and YOUR grace. I pray for our spiritual family, for our leaders. I ask that YOU help me to live this day "like I was dying" and yet not I, but CHRIST living in me!