Tomorrow

Today is the first day of a new month. As I changed my calendar today, I looked at all 30 days of last month crossed off neatly with a red pen. I curiously glanced through the words written in each checked off box to see what I had accomplished in a month's time. "Wow," I thought to myself, "I did a lot of work, ooh a photo shoot there, more work... another fun photo shoot! Lots of work. I work a ton. Small group. Fun weekends. More work."  

I realized that I spend a lot of time thinking about tomorrow but I never actually get there. Tomorrow keeps becoming today and a new tomorrow is always popping up. It is already October with 30 tomorrows looming ahead. There are things to do each and every day and having a plan for the upcoming days and events isn't bad. But I don't want to get swept away with the thoughts of things that aren't here to deal with. I'm easily overwhelmed by the big picture, by the 31 perfect little uncrossed squares hanging on my wall, just waiting for me to put a red line through after a long day of work. When I change my calendar to November, will I look back and see my life in just getting through another 8 hour work day to get to the fun or at least less stressful weekends?  Will I realize that I once again spent most of my days looking forward to the next day, to tomorrow? Will I make it to October of 2014 and ask the same questions? I don't want life to just pass me by as I long for and yet dread the future. With all these thoughts in my head I opened up 'Jesus Calling' for the first time yesterday. 

I received the book this summer while counseling and was reading a different daily devotional at the time so I packed it away and forgot about it until the other day when a friend mentioned how much she was enjoying her copy. I saw it on my shelf and got curious. 

September 30 - Jesus Calling

" ...You need not fear the future, for I am already there... Your future is in My hands; I release it to you day by day, moment by moment. Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow. I want you to live this life abundantly, seeing all there is to see, doing all there is to do, Don't be distracted by future concerns. Leave them to Me! Each day of life is a glorious gift, but so few people now how to live within the confines of today. Much of their energy for abundant living is spills over the timeline into tomorrow's worries or past regrets. Their remaining energy is sufficient only for limping through the day, not for living it to the full."

 

Yeah, for real! That is what it was about! Such a good stop-me-in-my-path-and-turn-me-around moment! I want to live each day to the full and not just limp through it so I can cross it off or worrying about what tomorrow holds. Days go by fast enough as it is! 

So thats all I had to say. I guess it was kind of a life update, telling you all that yes indeed I am still alive. I just wanted to share this as a way of helping it stick more in my head. Live this day abundantly to the fullest! At work or school or play :)