I love looking ahead, anticipating the next long weekend, school break. This forward thinking provides a goal, a desired ‘carrot’ at the end of the week or season. It also helps me to not take my job too seriously, to not allow it to come before the more important things in life … worship, family, friends.
This summer I have been stalked by a message, that I realized I’d been hearing without listening when I heard these lyrics in a song:
“Keep me in the moment
‘Cause I don’t wanna miss
what you have for me”
Something about the first line … keep me in the moment … it stirred something visceral within me, as though those words were intended specifically for me.
To keep, or stay in the moment is to not look forward, or back with longing, but to be completely in the now, the present. It is to fully attend, to be mind, body and soul in the present task, with those present.
It is in the attending, the being fully present that we see the purpose, the learning, the value of that time, that moment. We learn the contentment of leaning on God.
As I look to the fall, to the return to work in a high school, in this season of Covid, I know that I need to focus on the very moment I am in, giving my full energy and attention to this moment.
“This is the day that the Lord has made;
let us rejoice and be glad in it.”
Psalm 118:24
itsawonderfilledlife 