a life well lived?

so as you can see below, my 21st has snuck up on me. what i didnt realize, is that it was much faster than i expected and way sooner than i was ready for. Its just another age, and there is no transformation that one goes through when one hits the ‘official adulthood’ yet it was a shock. Becoming 21 felt like rearending a milestone: looking back at the first stage of my life, i really feel like i don’t have much to show for it.
If i were to die tonight, will i be welcomed into the arms of the Lord with the coveted “well done, good and faithful servant”? that thought was weighing heavily on my mind these past weeks. then i realized how i was living my life: i had divided my life into stages: i can goof off till 21, then i will suddenly know how to be an adult and can live life seriously. I realized that my preconception was wrong: there is a training period, yes. but that doesnt mean that i dont have to take life and what im living for seriously.
What is the point of life? is it to get an education? to get married? to have kids? a job? a 3 car garage and a pool out back? what are we really living for? Its easy to say that we are to live to the glory of God, but how easy is it to remember to do so in our daily lives? I am not my own: i do not own myself. i have been bought with a price: a price higher than any bounty or ransom laid on anyone. how DARE i take the purpose of my life lightly?
This 21st reminder of the gift of life has been a sobering wakeup call for me: faced with death, and the value of having true friends, just how much my parents love me and are willing to give anything for me (if my earthly parents love me so much, how much more our Eternal Father?)
My prayer for us all is that we never forget just how precious we are in His sight, and how much we are worth, just because of how much has been given for us, and that we remember that we must cherish this gift called ‘life’ and use it to the utmost of His glory.