What about today? – Day 5

I often find myself planning out my week and thinking so much about what I have to do that I forget today.  I forget today has gifts and beauty and joy.  I forget today is filled with experiences and sights and hope.  I forget because I am focused on what is to come.  So, in turn, I miss what is right before me.  I essentially think so much about the destination that I do not enjoy the journey.  

When I run in the dark, I have a light to help me see (and for others to see me).  If I shine that light too far out, I can see at a distance but I cannot see where I am running.  I can’t see where my foot will land.  I can find myself looking so far ahead that I trip or lose my balance right where my feet are.  

All of this to say, don’t miss today.  Don’t miss this day.  Pick your head up and look around.  Experience where your feet are, right now.  See the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.  We don’t get to repeat this day (sometimes THAT is the gift).  We don’t get a do-over.  We simply get the opportunity to take advantage of what we have, right now.  

Today, let’s do what we are taught in the Gospel of Matthew:  “³⁴ ‘So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own. Today’s trouble is enough for today.”  I might even add, today’s gifts are enough for today.  Today is enough.  Don’t miss it.

Blessings to you as you see the beauty of today.