Celebration

As I was driving home last night, I heard a song on the radio that caught my ear and made me think. I didn't even catch the name of the song or who it was, but here were the lyrics that caught my attention. "Open your eyes, open your eyes, and see that life is beautiful. Promise that at my funeral you won't cry." That's probably a really bad paraphrase actually, but it made me reflect on how great life can be if you really look at it. How many times do we take the time to appreciate things we have, relationships, our family, our friends, our jobs, our lives in general. I know this song wasn't a Christian song or anything, but it made me extremely grateful for the life I have. Yeserday, work was absolutely crazy. I remember text messaging Lindsay a few hours into the morning telling her that "today sucks". At the end of the day, looking back on it, it really wasn't that bad. And I can say that because I know that if I didn't have God in my life, my day probably would have sucked a whole lot more. The last part of that song really made me think about the end of my life. Wouldn't it be awesome, if when we passed away, we could celebrate life instead of mourn death. I mean, in all reality, don't you think when we get to Heaven we are going to be so thankful and celebrate the fact that we get to spend eternity in God's presence. I want that at my funeral. I know people will be sad, atleast hopefully, but I want people to know that I enjoyed my time with them on earth, but I am celebrating in God's presence in Heaven.