As I was driving into work today I was listening to the local Christian radio station. They were discussing today being the 10th anniversary of the Columbine High School shooting. They played a song by Michael W. Smith called This Is Your Time. Throughout the song there were excerpts from the news stations reporting this tragedy. Then, it started with excerpts regarding Cassie Bernall. Cassie was asked by the shooter if she believed in God and upon her profession of faith she was shot and killed.
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The lyrics to this song pierced through my heart like a knife as I sat there thinking of this beautiful young girl's last breath. "This was her time. This was her dance. She lived every moment; left nothing to chance. She swam in the sea; drank of the deep; embraced the mystery of all she could be. What if tomorrow, and what if today, faced with the question, Oh what would you say?"
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So many times you hear people pose the question to you "What would you say to someone if you knew it was the last breath they would take? Would you witness to them? What final words would you say to them?" Today, I'm thinking "What would I say with my last breath?" Would I witness? Would I tell my family I loved them? Would I seek someone out and tell them how much of an impact they had on my life? Would I be like Cassie? Would I be like Jesus?
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"Jesus called out with a loud voice, 'Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.' When he had said this, he breathed his last." Luke 23:46 Faced with the knowledge that I was breathing in my last breath...what would I say? What would you say?
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