Enjoy Today

Today I was running some errands and listening to a Mercy Me CD. I was singing along to "I Can Only Imagine," when I got choked up and couldn't continue. The image of That Day when I finally see Jesus and am reunited in Heaven with Him and all my brothers and sisters in Christ from every nation, language, and ethnicity is one that gets the tears flowing every time! As I drove on, I noticed a cluster of redbud trees in full bloom. That sight alone is breathtaking, but I was even more awed as I thought, "Heaven is going to be even more beautiful than that!"

I can't stand being in the bathroom and not having something to read. The following is what I read today from, of all places, a book on getting and staying out of debt. I found this so applicable to many situations I'm currently going through.

It's not too late to begin listening carefully to the quiet stirrings of your heart. It's not too late to start fulfilling your dreams.

Becoming who you want to be may entail a giant leap of faith. It may mean believing that you can hang a shingle and make a living by following your dreams. It may mean casting yourself as the hero of your own story.

I find that so encouraging! Sometimes when I discover something, like some great truth, I am so eager to share it with others. So eager, sometimes, that I tend to forget that others are not always at the same place on the path, if they are even on the same path! I want to cast them as the hero, but that is something they must do for themselves, and they can't fulfill my dreams in my place. However, all I can do is share what I discover and support those I care about wherever they are in their journey.

If this has blessed you today, please pass it on and be sure to tell me how it touched you! May you seek and receive God's best today and today only. Yesterday's blessings are gone and tomorrow is not here yet, so enjoy today.