Yesterday, Tomorrow and the NOW!

Lord,

Time flies! May already?

How thankful I am that You are in total and complete control. 

Surely each day – each dawn – as I open my eyes to another 18 or so hours is a precious gift from You! A brand new opportunity to serve You. A new adventure to see Your hand in my life – a minute by minute direction from Your loving hand – notes played on a heavenly score sheet in harmony with Your Sovereign will.

You give me the NOW, the present. You inhabit the present and wait for me here.

You promise me the present. Yesterday is forever gone! Release me from its hold – the regrets, the would haves and should haves. Tomorrow is a vapor I can’t grasp. Worrying, fretting, wishing only robs me of precious energy and time provided for today. The NOW – this hour is mine to live in Your Presence – sense Your love – walk in Your prepared path for me of peace.

This Now is not about me but all about You!

Each heartbeat, each breath – make me fully aware You are the giver of both!
In Your Sovereignty, I choose:

To live joyfully

Pray continually

Give thanks each moment of the day, no matter what!

It is going to get worse!

Sitting in church several Sundays ago I heard Chuck Swindol quote 2 Timothy 3:1

 “In the last days perilous times shall come” 

He went on to say:


"Interesting word that Paul uses, translated “perilous” in the King James Version. “Troublesome” is the paraphrase that some will use. It is also like our English term savage. “In the last days, savage times will come.”

Then the statement that rocked me!

"Things aren't going to get better! 

Times will get worse and we are in those savage times!"

End times, last days . . . it is something we think about . . . wonder about . . . shake our head and sigh about . . .

So how do I handle "worse not better?"

God's Word! 

If I listen to "feelings" (which are all over the map), embrace the custom of the day (which changes with each generation), or buy into popular opinion (based on "feelings" and world's view of right and wrong which keeps changing) I have no solid foundation. There is no true standard.

Romans 12 - Paul not just asks, but pleads with the readers, because of God's mercy, to offer our bodies as living sacrifices . . .to not copy or be squeezed into the world's mold but allow our minds to be renewed by God himself!

2 Corinthians 10 - We live on a battle ground in the middle of a war! Our minds are the prize!

How I react is all "in the mind".  How I face "these savage times" is based on my thinking. If I am to be victorious, encouraged and a strong warrior in these increasingly difficult times, God's love letter to me must be written on my heart and in my mind!

"Jesus Calling" - beautiful!

". . . your response . . .will take you either up or down. (to difficult situations) You can lash out at the difficulty, resenting it and feeling sorry for your self . . . (leading) to self pity. Alternatively . . . you can climb up and see your life from My perspective . . . the obstacle that frustrated you is only a light and momentary trouble"

Worse times now and ahead - warriors in the middle of battle - Let me climb  up the ladder and see things from God's perspective and let Him win the battle of my mind!

God's perspective: