Don't "wait for it..."

Yesterday we got a teaser.

Temps rose to 45* on a bright, sunny, beautiful blue sky day.  Who knew 45* could feel so toasty, so "right."  We haven't been set free from the clutches of "Old Man Winter," but we can see the day looming fast on the snow framed horizon.  Spring is just 4 weeks away--March 20, 2014...liberation day in Northern Indiana.

We just "wait for it." Now, much sooner than later, it will happen.

Life is like this too, isn't it.  We wait.  It happens.  Life, happens.  If we aren't attentive to this "cycle of reality" we wake up one day and realize, life passed us by while we waited.  

That's why "now" is important. It's really all we have. It's all we need; now.

"Now" gives us time to live fully in this moment...with certainty, confidence, live now with no regrets.  Ah, but tomorrow, tomorrow will be a better day--but what if tomorrow never comes?

Don't wait for it.

bN

Yet Will I hope...

Feeling a bit "pulled and pushed" in these frist few weeks of 2014.  God led me back to something I wrote last year...

Long day; long week.
It's late, I'm reflective.
59 years; dreams of a young man, gone.

I've been vulnerable;

Believed in, invested in; loved people.

My heart has been broken; yes, crushed.

Made mistakes; indulged pride, paid the price.

 

Yet, I will hope.

My Redeemer is true.

His mercy, new every morning.

His faithfulness, restores my soul.

His strength, perfect in my weakness.

His steadfast love, walks with me in valley of death.

 

Long day; long week.

It's late; I'm reflective.

Through Christ, I can do what's needed.

That's enough.

 

Yet, I will hope.