There is just so much to look forward to in life! Counting days to desired events comes natural for me. I love counting down to the next ‘event’.
We count down everything from years to retirement, to weeks of a pregnancy, to days until Christmas, to hours until the weekend. Having something to look forward to is motivating, exciting.
Looking forward is not a bad or wrong thing, but our life is to be lived, not in the past or the future, but in the present.
This is the very day of the Lord that brings
gladness and joy, filling our hearts with glee.
(The Passion Translation) Psalm 118:24
Today, as we take our first breath awake, as our eyes open to this morning, as we smell the coffee brewing, as we taste it’s anticipated aroma, as we hear the noises of our family, pet or the floorboards beneath us …
this is the day.
the one that God himself made.
the one that we need to receive with joy, gladness, glee.
the one that is all that matters.
No looking back.
No looking forward.
Just this very day, a day to celebrate …
simply because,
He made it
and we get to breathe it in.
How will we breathe it out?
itsawonderfilledlife 