Fleeting Visit

Yesterday, I had the briefest of opportunities to meet up with one of our returned missionaries Libby Wilcox, whilst she was visiting in Scotland for a couple of days with her mum and sisters.

It was the first of what I’m sure will be many visits from our missionaries who we served with in Belgium and the Netherlands.

We kept our visit simple. We only had 2 hours!

It was great fun to reminisce.

Visiting the Wallace Monument in Stirling and chatting over lunch, was special.

We shared a few life updates.

Sharing feelings about our stories together was memorable.

But just being able to be close and hold tightly to those who matter most, was best of all.

Life is one of those precious fleeting gifts, and everything can change in a heartbeat.

It really helps to slow things down.

Simplify things.

Enjoy the moment.

Take one step, one piece, one chunk, one bite at a time.

And remember, loving one another is so supremely important.

“𝑭𝒍𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈” – something that happens really fast, or something that doesn’t last as long as you’d like.

Hans Christian Andersen, a great story writer, said this: “Time is so fleeting that if we do not remember God in our youth, age may find us incapable of thinking of him.”

And in the Book of Mormon, the Prophet Alma said: “… learn wisdom in thy youth; yea, learn in thy youth to keep the commandments of God. ” Alma: 37:35.

Working with 300+ youthful (18 – 26 year old) missionaries has taught me that we have to be present and always enjoy the moments we have together, as life is fleeting.

In hindsight, I can so relate to Jacob 7:26 “…the time passed away with us, and also our lives passed away like as it were unto us a dream…”

Jacob describes the fleeting moments and hours of our life so well.

Moments simply blend into hours, hours into days, days into years, years into decades.

Being with Libby yesterday, was real, I know it wasn’t a dream.

How can you slow down those fleeting moments today?