Man, I've had a lot of thoughts in my head lately. Good thoughts, it seems. Meaningful thoughts. And you will probably be seeing a strand of posts relating to these recent thoughts. This being the first. So here it goes...
Don't waste today waiting for tomorrow.
yeah...i've been doing that lately. I think many of us do it without even realizing it. See...my entire summer has kind of been this way, because I have had so many events planned that I've been so excited about. Here's what I mean by this though:
I'm going on a missions trip in a week and I'm super pumped for it. I just know it's going to be a radical time. But in the meantime...I'm kind of just spending my life waiting for the trip. ( this = fail. at. living.) Do you ever do that? Whether it's summer vacation, camp, a concert, a trip, or whatever else you might be looking forward to in life. Do you set your focus on one date and then just...wait. It almost seems normal to do that. But it is such a waste, I've noticed. You know why?
You could die tonight.
Yeah. You don't want to think about that one, huh? But it's reality. My friend, the reality is that you could die tonight. Or tomorrow. Or the next day. When you start to look at it that way, the trip you are going to take next week really slips out of the focus, and today becomes the focus. By no means am I saying that we should dwell on death or live in fear of dying tomorrow. I'm just saying...we should live TODAY. Because we don't have control over what happens tomorrow. If I spend two weeks being excited about my missions trip and waiting for it to come then I am wasting two weeks of my life. The trip will come when it comes. And it will be awesome when it does. But I think we should invest more in today. Live for the moment. Each morning when you wake up you are given another opportunity to live another day to its fullest. Don't dwell on yesterday. Don't dwell on tomorrow. Invest yourself in each day. Glorify God TODAY. Find your true joy today. Make a difference today. Love someone back today. Spend time in prayer today.
Living like this kind of makes life a lot more awesome. Each day I am given the choice to have a good day. Yesterday is gone and tomorrow is not here yet. Now is what matters. What are you going to do today?
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