Thank You God!

This morning as I was getting ready to head to the office, I sat on the couch and started thinking briefly about the past year. It's been a couple weeks since the "new year," but for some reason these thoughts just came to me. 

I remember the first time I took my parents and my beautiful fiance to the airport after moving to New Jersey. It was a pretty depressing ride. After I dropped them off I cried the hour trip back to my apartment. (I know, I cried...I am a sissy I guess.) But this is the moment it hit me that I could no longer just go see my parents or Courtney's parents. I could no longer eat dinner with them any time I wanted, or just hang out with my dad while he is working on the house. It was time for me to truly grow up (for lack of a better term). 

The 6 months that I lived alone were pretty rough. I made some good friends up there, but most of the time I just wanted to be by myself. I would sit at home on my days off and would watch movies, or watch golf. Other days I played golf (2 to 3 times a week). I liked to play by myself so that I could spend time with God and ask Him why I had to be away from all that was comfortable to me. If I had to do it all over again, I would. I learned a TON the year I spent in NJ. I worked with some great guys and learned a lot from them. 

This morning, I thanked God that I was back in Georgia. I can recall the trip back down here in the HUGE moving truck that almost killed me. We had the windows down, the radio up and I was so pumped to get back down south. I wrote a blog about all the things that were great in NJ and GA.

To make a long story short, I took a lot of things for granted. I challenge you to not make the same mistake I did. Cherish the time you get with your friends, with your co-workers, and with your family. This life is VERY short and it will be over before we know it. If we love God with all that we got, we have nothing to fear or worry about. Jesus himself said that this is the greatest commandment. If we get this ONE right, it's easy to live a life glorifying Christ!