"Patience is a hard discipline. It is not just waiting until something happens over which we have no control over; the arrival of the bus, the end of the rain, the return of a friend, the resolution of a conflict. Patience is not a waiting passivity until someone else does something. Patience asks us to live the moment to the fullest, to be completely present to the moment, to taste the here and now, to be where we are. When we are impatient we try to get away from where we are. We behave as if the real thing will happen tomorrow, later and somewhere else. Let's be patient and trust that the treasure we look for is hidden in the ground on which we stand."
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I always thought the future was a simple concept; either you see us on our wedding day, holding our first child and growing old together, or you don't. As long as I kept my eyes on what we could be, we would make it there no matter what.
But at the same time, God used Grace's call to worship today to remind me that if you forget to appreciate what you have in the present, you won't get a chance at the future that you've been so focused on. Maybe I shouldn't be in such a hurry to get to where we will be and just enjoy today for what it is. Whether tomorrow comes or not is out of my hands, but at least I've done all I can today.
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I always thought the future was a simple concept; either you see us on our wedding day, holding our first child and growing old together, or you don't. As long as I kept my eyes on what we could be, we would make it there no matter what.
But at the same time, God used Grace's call to worship today to remind me that if you forget to appreciate what you have in the present, you won't get a chance at the future that you've been so focused on. Maybe I shouldn't be in such a hurry to get to where we will be and just enjoy today for what it is. Whether tomorrow comes or not is out of my hands, but at least I've done all I can today.
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