The year 2000…I remember looking at that from the 1980 lens and thinking, “wow, when it’s 2000 I’ll be 30 years old…” Those thoughts are 40 years old now, and the promise of half a century is on the horizon! How have those years transpired?
One day at a time.
Days, months, years…flow in one direction, and we flow with them. Like a river that gathers strength and seems to flow faster further down, our lives move exponentially quicker as years are added. There’s no stopping the current, we’re along for the ride. Rapids, whirlpools, and quiet water are all parts of the same river…it’s no different in our lives…at times the shift from one to the other is unexpected and unwanted. How do we navigate?
One day at a time.
Can you imagine if we didn’t have the gift of rest, if our lives were continuous flow without sleep? The compounding of: thoughts, failures, success, noise…go…go…go! No thanks! Truly God has blessed us with a break, He built it in at the outset:
And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning – the first day. Genesis 1:3-5
God instituted…ordained…created…space…time…break…in His love…
One day at a time.
We have opportunity to enter God’s presence, no matter what the day brings. We can cry out to Him, and we can rest fully in Him. “Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.” (Lamentations 3:22-24) At the outset of this New Year, 2020, why not start with a 20/20 vision; make a determination of mind, body and spirit to walk with God.
One day at a time.