If I Knew

If I knew it would be the last time that I'd see you fall asleep,
I would tuck you in more tightly and pray to the Lord, your soul to keep.

If I knew it would be the last time that I see you walk out the door,
I would give you a hug and kiss and call you back for one more.

If I knew it would be the last time I'd hear your voice lifted up in praise,
I would video tape each action and word, so I could play them back day after day.

If I knew it would be the last time, I could spare an extra minute or two,
I'd stop and say "I love you," instead of assuming, you would KNOW I do.

If I knew it would be the last time I would be there to share your day,
well I'm sure you'll have so many more, so I can just let this one slip away?

For surely there's always tomorrow to make up for an oversight,
and we always get a second chance to make everything right?

There will always be another day to say our "I love you's",
And certainly there's another chance to say our "Anything I can do's?"

But just in case I might be wrong, and today is all I get,
I'd like to say how much I love you and I hope you never forget.

Tomorrow is not promised to anyone, young or old alike,
And today may be the last chance you get, to hold your loved one tight...

So if you're waiting for tomorrow, why not do it today?
For if tomorrow never comes, you'll surely regret the day....

That you didn't take that extra time for a smile, a hug, or a kiss,
because you were too busy to grant someone, what turned out to be a last wish.

So hold your loved ones close today, and whisper in their ear,
Tell them how much you love them, and that you'll always hold them dear.

Take time to say "I'm sorry," "please forgive me," "thank you" or "it's okay,"
And if tomorrow never comes, you'll have no regrets about today.

Addendum -- Matthew 6:34 (TBIBE) "Then have no care for tomorrow; tomorrow will take care of itself. Take the trouble of the day as it comes."

Author Unknown

If Tomorrow Never Comes

If I knew it would be the last time
that I'd see you fall asleep,
I would tuck you in more tightly
and pray the Lord, your soul to keep.

If I knew it would be the last time
that I see you walk out the door,
I would give you a hug and kiss
and call you back for one more.

If I knew it would be the last time
I'd hear your voice lifted up in praise,
I would video tape each action and word,
so I could play them back day after day.

If I knew it would be the last time,
I could spare an extra minute or two
to stop and say "I love you,"
instead of assuming you would KNOW I do.

If I knew it would be the last time
I would be there to share your day,
well I'm sure you'll have so many more,
so I can let just this one slip away.

For surely there's always tomorrow
to make up for an oversight,
and we always get a second chance
to make everything right.

There will always be another day
to say our "I love you's",
And certainly there's another chance
to say our "Anything I can do's?"

But just in case I might be wrong,
and today is all I get,
I'd like to say how much I love you
and I hope we never forget,

Tomorrow is not promised to anyone,
And today may be the last chance
you get to hold your loved one tight..
So if you're waiting for tomorrow,
why not do it today?
For if tomorrow never comes,
you'll surely regret the day,
That you didn't take that extra time
for a smile, a hug, or a kiss
and you were too busy to grant someone,
what turned out to be their one last wish.

So hold your loved ones close today,
whisper in their ear,
Tell them how much you love them
and that you'll always hold them dear,
Take time to say "I'm sorry," "please
forgive me", "thank you" or "it's okay".
And if tomorrow never comes,
you'll have no regrets about today.

Author Unknown

One Day At A Time

Our lives are made up of a million moments,
spent in a million different ways.
Some are spent searching for
love, peace, and harmony.
Others are spent surviving day by day.

But there is no greater moment
than when we find that life,
with all it's joys and sorrows,
is meant to be lived one day at a time.
It's in this knowledge that we discover
the most wonderful truth of all.

Whether we live in a forty-room mansion,
surrounded by servants and wealth,
or find it a struggle to manage
the rent month to month,
we have it within our power to be fully
satisfied and live a life with true meaning.

One day at a time - we have that ability,
through cherishing each moment
and rejoicing in each dream.
We can experience each day anew,
and with this fresh start we have
what it takes to make all our dreams come true.
Each day is new, and living one day at a time
enables us to truly enjoy life and live it to the fullest.

Author Unknown

So Little Time

So little time to say the things
You'd really like to say -
Before you even find the words,
The time just slips away.

So little time to do the things
You feel that you must do.
So treasure, like the purest gold,
The time God's given you.

So little time to dream your dreams,
For youth has passed its prime,
And all too soon you realize
That there's ... so little time.

So little time to reach the height
To which you're bound to climb,
For swiftly pass the waning years,
And there's ... so little time.

So little time to pass regrets,
And less, to make amends,
Yet God can heal the deepest wounds
In chosen, cherished friends.

So little time to share God's love
And beauty here on earth,
And know, before His endless time,
Their meaning and true worth.

Oh, yes, there is so little time
To seek the hidden door
That opens up to heaven's time,
Where time's forevermore.

Author Unknown

The Longest Five Minutes...

I was listening to a sermon this afternoon. It really made me think and I would like to
share with you what the minister said:

* The longest five minutes of your life will be the five minutes after your death.

* Five minutes after your dead, you will know what is important and what is not important.

* Five minutes after your dead, you will really know if you are alive.

* Five minutes after your dead you will always remember who you didn't witness to.

* Five minutes after your dead you will remember each Sunday you didn't go to Church
because you were just plain lazy, and busy doing other things.

* Five minutes after your death you will know for certain if you lived for Christ or yourself.

* Five minutes after your dead you will realize every earthly opportunity you got will be gone.

* Five minutes after your dead, your destiny will be fixed in Eternity.

* Five minutes after your dead you can't turn back or have another chance.

* Five minutes after your dead, sports and other things will not matter.

* Five minutes after your dead, the question is what really does matter?

* The longest five minutes of your life, you have an opportunity to change it.

* Take five minutes to know Jesus Christ if you don't.

* Take five minutes to get right with God if you are not right with Him now.

* Take five minutes to tell someone you love them, and give them a hug.

Do it now, because five minutes later could be five minutes too late!

Author Unknown

This Moment

I may never see tomorrow; there's no written guarantee,
And things that happened yesterday belong to history,
I cannot predict the future, I cannot change the past,
I have just the present moment, I must treat it as my last.

I must use this moment wisely for it soon will pass away,
and be lost to me forever as part of yesterday,
I must exercise compassion, help the fallen to their feet,
Be a friend unto the friendless, make an empty life complete.

The unkind things I do today may never be undone,
And friendships that I fail to win may nevermore be won,
I may not have another chance on bended knee to pray,
And thank God with humble heart for giving me this day

Author Unknown