If you were sending your last message to your family, what would you say?
One lovely day in Louisiana, I went to work teaching as normal. The twenty minute drive from home was normal. Then things became abnormal.
I had to check in with my principal because I had to leave our campus to go to another school for a meeting. As I approached his office, I noticed several staff members crowding around his door and in his office. A profound silence filled the room except for a voice from the television he had playing a news report.
My principal had a shocked look on his face as he explained what was happening. The Twin Towers had been hit! The buildings were on fire and black smoke filled the TV screen as people were seen jumping from the windows trying to get out! Not much else was known yet.
As I left I wondered what I should do?
What could I do?
I stood outside the building and considered. We were near a nuclear power plant that was secure and guarded, but from an air attack, if one came to destroy it, very vulnerable.
Were we at war? Were we being attacked all over America? Would we in the lovely little town with hanging moss on ancient trees and azalea fIilled yards be next?
First thoughts turned to my family away from me. I couldn’t reach them, but I could leave them a message.
I called and began to tell them how much I loved them and how glad I was to be their mama. I didn’t know what was going on but prayed everyone was safe. If something happened, my area was attacked, and I died that morning; I wanted them to trust in God, remain strong in faith, love each other, stay close to each other and pray! I was proud of them! Stay faithful!
And I went about my work praying for all as I went.
What would you say to your loved ones in what might very well be your last words to them?
Some day we will all say our last words.
Whether someone will be there to hear our thoughts and message or not, we don’t know.
I knew a woman who was concerned she wouldn’t live to raise her daughter she loved very much. She kept a chest filled with things she thought memorable for her daughter, and wrote her messages of love and hopes for the little girl, in case something happened to her.
Jesus left us last words. Matthew 28:18 “All authority in Heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go, therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always to the end of the age.”
Let’s GO!
