Real Life

I've read a lot of different memories of Josh over the past 48 hours, and so many of them speak of how much he was fun and great to be around. It's because he had real life in him. Tomorrow didn't really matter, it was enjoying today that had to be done. Moment to moment he looked for places to spread fun and joy.

I remember when we had hours to kill after a special night eating pizza, we decided to go take care of a hornets nest. We needed hornet spray of course. Luckily I had just found out where the spare key was to this little area we had to get into. Long story short, we set off an alarm, ran out of the building and five minutes later we were being chased around the woodyard by six or seven vehicles who were trying to locate whoever had set off the alarm. We were never caught, and we laughed about it the entire rest of the week. We had so much fun. Life was a blast.

Can we say the same about ourselves when we wake up morning to morning? Can we go from moment to moment with such an outlook in life?

I know that the whole point of Josh being in our lives is not to give us an example to become like. I know that our best example in life is Jesus Christ, but I also know that Josh had something that most people (including me) just don't have much of. This is a true love for life in that each moment is another opportunity to impact eternity.

Josh and I had good times together. He had good times with everyone, but it was he who made it fun. Moment by moment he showed us what true life was inside. Should we not also focus on what others see when they see us? If we say we're Christian will they inwardly roll their eyes and say "I figured as much," or will they walk away from the meeting impacted by what they saw in you. It's not about Josh's sense of humor, or even how he talked, it's a common thing that we all need to have more of. A true love for real living in God.

How many can you see around you that are dead but still on their feet?