putting things off is never a good thing

My most favorite professor is my New Testament professor in Alliance Theological Seminary. He has always been encouraging me, telling me that I'm a VERY GOOD Bible student (which I had never thought so before), and helping me realize that I do have talents and gifts and that God did make me useful for His church. He taught me how to study the Bible from a more historical and authentic perspective and to read it from the author's perspective and not just our own. Through him, I learned to think critically about what I heard in the sermon, what I read in the book. Instead of taking them as WHAT GOD SAYS, I process it and compare it with what the Bible and author is really trying to tell us. He is probably the reason why I'm here doing what I'm doing today. He is one of those important people in my life who made me who I am.

I invited him and his wife to my wedding one and half years ago, but he couldn't make it. I have been wanting to invite them over for dinner but I never got chance to. I thought that I wasn't as important as a student of him and that maybe he's too busy. Then I thought that it's not a big deal and I will always have chance to see him.

I drove by school for a few times but never got chance to go in and say hi. I was lazy. I was afraid that after I got in, i would have nothing to say and I hate those awkward moments when I have to think of something to say...

But today... I received a personal email from my dear professor telling me that he now has serious... "aggressive" is how he puts it...lymphoma cancer, a type of cancer in one's immune system. He will be going through Chemos in two weeks. I hope that I could see him before I leave for China. I just want to say hi, thank him that he made me who I am and pray with him.

Putting things off is never a good thing. As one of my coworkers shared after his mother's passing away. "Tell your loved ones that you love them when they are still here". Somehow we Chinese are so stingy to say things like that. In that aspect, I hate being a Chinese.

So, "Tell your loved ones that you love them when they are still here"