Cynthia McClure

Eternity has been strikingly bright lately. My mind often wanders to outside this simulation and perhaps begins to comprehend just how fast this life goes by. Every decision and experience is both strikingly small and meaningless but also so purposeful at the same time.

It’s different, seeing it this way. I do not feel existential or meaningless but rather so meaningful. Like realizing this is the only treat you’ll ever get that feels and tastes this way, so suddenly you start to slow down and savor every bite.

Life moves quickly and a lot of things that feel important in this life actually have the least meaning of all. Money is the primary example, but take it a step further to success. Our earthly understanding of what it is to be successful is entirely askew.

Money, possessions, our house, what we eat or where we visit. None of it really matters. What we know doesn’t really matter either. In the grand scheme of eternity, it will not matter if I can do long division on paper or quote the entire bible word for word.

So what does matter? How I treat myself and others. How I treat my parents, siblings, in-laws, children. That matters. How I nurture marriage matters. How I think about myself matters. Connection, that is all that matters. Or in other words, Love is all that matters. Without love I am nothing.

So let us all love ourselves and our spouse and children and parents better. Let us all remember that the cashier is more important than the groceries.

In a moment we will be gone and this whole life will be but a dream. Let us remember that connecting to and loving Christ is the only way we make it out alive. Amen.

C.M