Your next 5 minutes

Today while I was cleaning the pantry I had Steven Curtis Chapman's CD "Dive" on and I was struck by the song Next 5 Minutes. I was listening to it and I heard the words "I'm living the next 5 minutes like these are my last 5 minutes, 'cause I know the next 5 minutes may be all I have." I realized how true these words are and how I must live my minutes as though they were my last. Here are the words to the song, hopefully someone else can be blessed by them as well.

Next 5 Minutes

I can reminisce about the already
I can worry and fret about the not yet
But when it all comes down I know it really
Really all comes down to the right now
So right now

I'm living the next 5 minutes
Like these are my last 5 minutes
'Cause I know the next 5 minutes
May be all I have
And after the next 5 minutes
Turn into the last 5 minutes
I'm taking the next 5 minutes
And starting all over again
Starting all over again

Every moment God is giving is precious
Every heartbeat, ever breath I take
We'll never have them back once they've left us
There will never be another right now
So right now

I'm living the next 5 minutes
Like these are my last 5 minutes
'Cause I know the next 5 minutes
May be all I have
And after the next 5 minutes
Turn into the last 5 minutes
I'm taking the next 5 minutes
And starting all over again
Starting all over again

This is the day, this is the hour
This is the moment the Lord has made

I'm living the next 5 minutes
Like these are my last 5 minutes
'Cause I know the next 5 minutes
May be all I have
And after the next 5 minutes
Turn into the last 5 minutes
I'm taking the next 5 minutes
And starting all over again
Starting all over again