say "yes"

This morning I had to go to a memorial service for a wonderful man from my church. His name was Paul Piazza and he was truly an inspiration! It was really great to hear people speak about his life There was this one woman who was his friend for life who spoke and it really touched me. She said that her life is truly a testament that there are no coincidences in life. She was good friends with Paul growing up and then they moved away and lost touch, but she ran into a member of his family who told her how sick he was. Immediately she made a vow that Paul would be part of her life again. She said that the one thing that she wants to make clear to everyone is that life is about saying “yes” to God in every area. She had a choice to walk away from that conversation and not contact Paul, but she would have missed out on a huge blessing and Paul would have missed out as well.

This really makes me think because there are so many opportunities throughout every day to say “yes” to what God has planned and I don’t always do that. How many times do I walk by someone in the grocery store and not even think about it as an opportunity to say “yes” to God. Paul was just living his life and we were blessed to be a part of it. Tomorrow is not promised to anyone and we can either start saying “yes” to God in every area, seeing everything as an opportunity from Him, or we can continue to walk with eyes closed to the possibilities God constantly lays before us.

I know Paul heard “well done, good and faithful servant” and I want to hear that in the end. Paul was never worried about his physical sickness, but he was always conscious of improving the condition of his soul. We all have something to learn and saying “yes” is the first step!