T. S. Eliot, atheist author turned Christian, once asked the question, "Where is the life we have lost in living?" Having many opportunities to talk with dying people, I have often sensed their pain as they looked back. Words of emptiness and unimportance permeate their reminiscence. Somehow they got into a rut and lost hold of life with all its beauty and excitement. Weeks become months. Months became years. So fast. So routine. So deadening. One year hardly distinguishable from the next. And so the haunting question, "Where is the life we have lost in living?"

Healthy people desire happy and meaningful lives and try to avoid ruts of every kind. Jesus Christ once said, "I come that you might have life and have it more abundantly." He too desires that our lives be everything we want them to be and even more. When we are in close communication with him, we discover his plan for a meaningful life. He is willing to give us an abundant life if we desire it.

But some people mistakenly believe that to be a Christian one must make two lists: one list of the things you like to do and the other of the things you don’t like to do. To them, the Christian must do everything he doesn’t like to do and must avoid everything that he likes to do. How foolish! Christ came to enhance lives, add joy, clear away the ruts and broaden our vision of the Father’s world. To be alive in Christ means to enjoy the miracle of NOW ... today, each moment. A tender kiss becomes more meaningful, a laugh more enjoyable, a good cry more beneficial. Life is not merely lived but celebrated.

"Where is the life we have lost in living?" For those who know Christ well, this haunting question becomes irrelevant.