Living in the moment is not being distracted by the future or pontificating over the past. I think there is value in reflection and also in planning ahead. We need to maintain balance in our lives, though. I don't want to spend so much time thinking ahead to what might be, or brooding over what has been, that I lose the moment that I am living. I want to be grateful for the present. Now is the only time I really have. (not including eternity, of course.) I don't know what a day may bring forth. Right now I can do something that matters, why wait until tomorrow, next week, next month, next year,..............
Matthew 6:34
Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
Proverbs 27:1
Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
2 comments:
Had meant to comment on this post before, but never got around to it. Thanks for sharing these thoughts and verses! It made me stop and think when I read it...how important it is to be using the time God gives us wisely - reminds me of the other verse about "Redeeming the time" (can't remember the whole verse to quote it all).
Thank you for the comment, Sunshine Country! A few days after I wrote this post my friend found out she had a brain tumor. The news hit so close to home!
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