There are so many thoughts and feelings right now... today is a rinse and repeat day. I plan to write more later, but for now, the one thing I want to share, because I don't want to miss the moments... the NOW moments. I was reminded so poignantly yesterday when I was reading What to Do in Hard Times, the blog post by Ann Voskamp at her blog, A Holy Experience.
Be present – because the present is just that – a present. A gift. No one has to carpe diem, seize the day, of everyday chronos time — we can all grind our teeth through as many of the difficult moments we want – and miss who knows how much of our life? How do you know which moments are the kairos moments to seize — and the chronos ones to merely survive?
Maybe the ones you aren’t seizing are the ones that might change you?
What if your present was giving you more gifts than you ever imagined?
But maybe it isn’t so much about as carpe diem – seize the day.
Maybe it’s about this: God uses the day to seize us. God carpe diems.
God seizes the days: God seizes time and uses it as an instrument to transform. God seizes every moment to sculpt souls and shape lives and transform ashes into glory. What if isn’t so much about seizing kairos moments and surviving chronos moments — but seeing all as Christ-filled moments? That God seizes the moment to make me more like Christ and what if I seized more of the moments, because there is something of my Savior in them?
Timing of these things... scripture, blog posts by godly women, daily devotions, a word - these are not coincidence. These are Divine appointments when God wants to get my attention. I am listening.... I want to hear you.
And the other night, we were all sitting on the sofa after dinner, E and I had our nightly cup of tea {every night, after dinner, we make a cup of tea together and drink it before we go to bed} and he looked up at the photograph hanging on the wall... this photograph, so beautifully framed...
Be present – because the present is just that – a present. A gift. No one has to carpe diem, seize the day, of everyday chronos time — we can all grind our teeth through as many of the difficult moments we want – and miss who knows how much of our life? How do you know which moments are the kairos moments to seize — and the chronos ones to merely survive?
Maybe the ones you aren’t seizing are the ones that might change you?
What if your present was giving you more gifts than you ever imagined?
But maybe it isn’t so much about as carpe diem – seize the day.
Maybe it’s about this: God uses the day to seize us. God carpe diems.
God seizes the days: God seizes time and uses it as an instrument to transform. God seizes every moment to sculpt souls and shape lives and transform ashes into glory. What if isn’t so much about seizing kairos moments and surviving chronos moments — but seeing all as Christ-filled moments? That God seizes the moment to make me more like Christ and what if I seized more of the moments, because there is something of my Savior in them?
Timing of these things... scripture, blog posts by godly women, daily devotions, a word - these are not coincidence. These are Divine appointments when God wants to get my attention. I am listening.... I want to hear you.
And the other night, we were all sitting on the sofa after dinner, E and I had our nightly cup of tea {every night, after dinner, we make a cup of tea together and drink it before we go to bed} and he looked up at the photograph hanging on the wall... this photograph, so beautifully framed...
And E crawled into my lap, put his arms around my neck, his head resting against mine, he looked up at the picture, and then back and me, and said, looking ever so lovingly into my eyes, 'You're a princess, mommy.'
My momma love tank was filled to the top. Tears spilled out of the corners of my eyes - and I am reminded that I need to give to God, all the 'what ifs', 'whens' and 'whys' that clutter my mind and live in the present... this gift of time... and enjoy the beautiful gifts God has given to me. To us. I don't want to miss these moments.
These tender moments... they make me smile.
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