One Day at a Time

Approximately 40 days until the election. The senate needs to pass a bill within the next few weeks to bail out the economy. It is Mid-September and I already have my work schedule for October, pending appointments and engagements through November. The danger of looking towards the possibility of the future is that you can miss the reality of the present. The future is often overrated and the present is not rated high enough. Not to get philosophical but there is no such thing as the future. Once the future arrives, it will be the present.

This was one of the first weeks I (kind of) took one day at a time. With the completion of a course for school, (see blog I’m Hungry) I had personal time that I devoted to God. I slept more than I usually sleep and felt rested this week. I also read the bible not for school purposes, and it spoke back to me in a profound way. I asked myself what was different this week and it hit me, I seized the moment. I took this week one day at a time.

I realize God who is omniscient and omnipotent could have created everything in 1 day; however he chooses to do it in 7 days. He embraced the process and celebrated small victories, not waiting until the entire creation process was completed to see “It was good.” Goodness is not in the completion alone, but in the process that leads to completion. The significance of each day is further expressed when the children of Israel were being led from Egypt, God fed them from heaven one day at a time, and instructed them to eat enough for one day and not to save any. In the model prayer recorded in the gospels, Jesus says Give us this day, our daily bread. When we take life one day at a time, it causes us to rely on Jesus entirely for everything.

I have a job where it is not uncommon, for a young person to come to me and say “Today was the best day of my life!” or “You changed my life!” In the past I would minimize these words and find a way to humbly turn it around, instead of saying thank you. I read a quote last week that checked me saying “You are not that great to be that humble.” Today when young people said these words I looked them in the eyes, thanked them, and allowed their gratitude to fill my heart.

Jesus was so accurate when he said, NAS Matthew 6:34 "Therefore do not be anxious for tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. If you are married, then celebrate your spouse today, you don’t get to a 50th anniversary without discovering the significance within seemingly insignificant moments. If you are single cherish your solitude, and embrace the opportunity to devote your entire attention towards God. God I thank you for this moment and I repent for taking the present for granted. Thank you for things that help me remember the beauty of the moment and how precious life is, things like reading your word and allowing the words to leap from the pages into my sprit, my Fred Hammond Pages of Life CD chapters I & II, my John Mayer Continuum CD, Blue Bell Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream (visit the website only served in southern states)

What if tomorrow didn’t come, how did you spend today? I would hate to look back over my life and have the testimony of being busy without real significance. I can ill afford to miss life because I was too busy allegedly living life. The appointment of speaking anywhere is nothing unless I pause between flights to stare outside of the window at the cumulus and stratus clouds that God created. Relationships are insignificant, without expressing to those individuals how much I love, care, and appreciate them. Alicia Keys says “I don’t want to forget the present is a gift, and I don’t want to take for granted the time you may have here with me, Cause Lord only knows the another day here’s not really guaranteed.” Alicia couldn’t say it better than David, NAS Psalm 118:24 This is the day which the LORD has made; Let us rejoice and be glad in it.

Enough writing, time to go eat, its not everyday you get to be in Canada Eh?