In this beautiful day, God may beguile you with the sweet scent of honeysuckle overflowing a fence. While you long for a cottage in the English countryside, he may point out the hills of Richwood Valley, which become deeper blue as they near the horizon. You may share secrets and laughter with your beautiful friends. Wow, you are blessed to have them! Today you may commune with God in the mysterious and wonderful relationship between the human and the divine- how awesome is that? Did you notice how handsome your husband is? He is a sight to behold; do you see that? You can unlock the beauty of today if you will attune your eyes to seeing it.
Besides being beautiful, realize that today has power. Motivational speaker M.J. Ryan in her book, "This Year I Will..." underscores a simple concept for achieving a goal: focus on today. Yesterday, you may have polished off a bag of Cheetos and a huge piece of chocolate cake. OK, that was yesterday! Let yesterday be a distant memory as today you focus on your goals for healthy eating and exercise. As I walked today, I said to God, "Help me do better with my thought life." The word that dropped into my heart was today. Suddenly, that prayer became much more powerful and concrete. Today communicates intentionality rather than wishy-washy desires. Matthew 6:34 says, "Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don't get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes." If I think I cannot have Andy's frozen custard for months, that is discouraging; I may just give up! But if I think about achieving my health goals for today, that is doable. That is powerful. And that's good for the heart and soul.
Thank You Kerry! I sure needed to hear this bit of wisdom today! I tend to get frazzled thinking about all I need to accomplish and then nothing gets accomplished and I miss a lot of beautiful things about my todays. Feels like the Lord has been teaching me alot lately about just stepping back and seeing all the beauty in my day to day and to relish the time I have with family and friends because one never knows when those beautiful blessings can disappear in a moment.
ReplyDeletePlease keep writing. You have such a gift and I know that it runs in your family. Tucked away in my box of treasures from the past are some very lengthy and beautiful heartfelt letters from a wonderful young man I once had the privilege of knowing. They were just too beautiful to part with. Thanks for sharing:)
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ReplyDeleteThird time's a charm. Great post Kerry. I really admire the way you seem to love life.
ReplyDeleteMrs. Marsh, can't wait to read more of your blog posts...you are an incredibly talented writer :) Thanks for sharing with all of us!
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