So, What If Tomorrow Never Comes?
Will I Have Done My Absolute Best?
Written by Jimmie Burroughs
I ran across an old Garth Brooks ‘ love song, “If tomorrow never comes” and it provoked me to draft a particularly personal article about myself and Bunny, my late stunning spouse. It’s a query from the lyrics that caught my attention, “Did I try in every way to show her every day that she is my only one.”
Nearly 7 long years have come and gone since Bunny, the love of my life, passed away. The memory causes tears to stream down my face as I write this and I can barely see to type the words. I speculate now that my time on earth with her is forever gone, what could have been if I had told her all those many times, that I might have but didn’t, how much I loved her. Oh yes we had a good life together, but there could have been so much more.
In our rush thru life, we frequently overlook or neglect those things which matter the most, like love and expressing it often to those we really care for. Rita Collage declared, “Love is the one thing we bring into this world, the single thing we take with us and the one thing we leave behind.”
I know now that love is the most important thing in the world, but I also know how easy it is to overlook and how often it is neglected. The Bible places a great focus on love and even describes God as love. Jesus said in, Matthew 22:37-40 , that love is the best commandment, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second’s like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself. ‘ All of the Law and the Prophesiers hang on these 2 commandments.” The Bible also says, “Husbands love your wives even as Christ loved the church and gave himself for it.” (Ephesians 5:25)
So I am just wondering today, if I had done my very best, what a difference it might have made for Bunny. Yes I know we won’t change “what might have been” but we will be able to change what is. The concept of it today makes me wish to do my very best; unfortunately , it is too late for the one person I loved more than anything in the world, anyway now I’ve made a pledge with myself to express my love to others before it’s too late, “if tomorrow never comes”.
What about you? Do you have that second chance? Is there someone that you love that has to be told how much you love them? Do it now because tomorrow may be too late or “If Tomorrow Never Comes!”
“So tell that one you love
what you are thinking about
if tomorrow never comes “.
Jimmie Burroughs has been involved in teaching Christian Personal Development on and off for more than 30 years. He is a dedicated disciple of Jesus Christ and considers helping others his calling in life. His internet site has many articles on preparing yourself for success thru personal developmen t.