Acts 20:17-27 / John 17:1-11
Each of us has lived a good number of years, anything from 18 to 80 and even more.
As we reflect on our lives, can we honestly say that our lives were worth living? Have those been good years?
Or if given a choice, would we want to start all over again?
If St. Paul were to answer those questions about life, he would just simply say that life is not a thing to waste words on, as we heard in the 1st reading.
What mattered to him was whether his life bore witness to the Good News of God's grace, the Good News of God's love.
Putting it in another way, do we live like children of God our Father, living not just in the temporary, but also looking forward to our eternity?
No doubt, we often get distracted by the narrowness of life, and we lose our focus on our eternal life with God.
But may we never forget that the time spent on this earth is nothing compared to the eternal life that is awaiting us.
Still let us spend the time on earth doing whatever good we can and bear witness to the Good News of God's grace. May the years we spend on earth be good and grace-filled.