We need to savor each day and learn to live in the moment. If you think about it, each and every day, is in fact, one small piece of our eternal existence. We don’t want to idealize living here on earth and loose our focus on God and eternity, but we don’t want to be so eternally focused that we ignore the gift God is giving us today. We can spend so much time looking forward to our eternal life that we forget to live each moment here on earth. The same thing can be true in our Christian life. So, again I ask, why are we so intent on getting to tomorrow today? It also advises us not to be anxious about anything. What’s the hurry? The Bible tells us that tomorrow has enough worries of its own. Most drivers feel compelled to drive 5-10 miles over the speed limit at all times. Today is a gift from God, perhaps that is why it is called “the present.” We seem to be speeding through life. We only have one day at a time to live, and it is today. Life is often consumed by either looking ahead or looking over our shoulder at the past. After lengthy wedding preparations, suddenly in just a few hours the wedding and celebration are over. Many newlyweds have experienced this feeling. So goes life! Undoubtedly, we have all planned for special events and occasions and they seem to be over before they begin. In what seems like the blink of an eye, our trip, with all of it anticipation, is now just a memory. It took five days of driving to get there and five more to get home. We are now back home after a long road trip. Each day gave way to the anticipation of what would follow next. The first full day set the tone for the next five days. Anticipation was high when we all reached the Rockies. The three couples had many zoom calls to map out our vacation strategy. We watched countless YouTube videos about how to plan our time in the park. It was originally scheduled for 2021, but it had to be rescheduled because of Covid. Over two years of planning went into our trip. But the trip is now in our rear-view mirror. The trip was amazing, and the beauty of God’s creation was beyond words. My wife and I camped with two other couples who traveled to meet us from another state. Last week I wrote about my two-week camping trip to Rocky Mountain National Park. Perhaps we need to all slow down a little. None of us knows what tomorrow has in store, so why do we want to get there so quickly? The Bible tells us that our life is like a puff of smoke that appears briefly and then disappears. Can I ask you a question? Why are we all rushing through life? We rush around until life’s no fun.
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