Present

No, not that kind... I'm talking being present... here and now.

For the last month or so God has been working on me about being content in the present.
Not much point looking back... it is the past for a reason... you have gone past it. I have definitely learned things from my past but there really is no point dwelling on it.

"Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past."
Isaiah 43:18

I think it can be good to look towards the future... however don't get caught up in it. He has plans for you. Just know that when it is time... HIS time you will be included in those plans.

"There is surely a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off."
Proverbs 23:18

and one of my personal favorites...


"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

Jeremiah 29:11

As I have been reading my Bible I have noticed that there are certain words that speak to the present. Words like "do" not "did" or "will do" but DO... do it now. Give. Teach. Go. Be.

None of these words focus on the past or the future... they are the present.

I am working on it... trying not to plan.
(a bit of a challenge for a habitual planner)

I will be present for my King.

Perhaps one of the greatest gifts God has given us is the present.
The present is the present.

"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.
Each day has enough trouble of its own."
Matthew 6:34