How long do we have?

Lately I've been thinking a lot about how we don't know when we're going to die. It's kind of a scary thought, not knowing. Like Francis Chan says in his book Crazy Love, we tend to live our lives like we're never going to die. Why do we act like our lives are just going to keep going? I could die in my sleep, or in a car accident on my way to church tomorrow. I want to live my life like today is my last. I want to spend every day telling the people I love that I love them. I don't want to hold tightly to my money and possessions. I want to enjoy the little things in life like ice cream, blowing kisses, smiling, laughing, sunsets, and wind. I tend to get so busy that I forget to enjoy life and the people I love. I don't know when I'm going to die, so I choose to spend each day like it's my very last.

"Gone, like yesterday is gone,
Like history is gone.
The world keeps spinning on.
You're going, going gone.
Like sumemr break is gone,
Like saturday is gone.
Just trying to prove me wrong,
You pretend like your immortal."

-Switchfoot

Being Proud

So you're sitting in church and the pastor has just preached a message on salvation. We all know what is next; "Everyone bow your heads and close your eyes". Then, as you sit there with your eyes closed, he talks to those who aren't saved and tells them that God is calling them to salvation. Then he says, "If you want to be saved, please slip you hand into the air". That drives me crazy. Doesn't God call us to be radical and unashamed of him? Why do we try to hide our salvation from those around us? Why can't the pastor instead say, "If you want to be saved, please stand up right now and come up on stage and prove that you are willing to give your life to him, no matter how crazy you may look?" God calls us to do crazy things for him, so why would be start off our relationship with Him by hiding it from others?