This is the day. It’s the last time the scent of coffee will drift from the kitchen. Never again will you see the baby rub sleep out of his eyes as he sits up in the crib to call for you. Your spouse – with tousled hair – gives you one final good-morning kiss.
You observe these things you will not see again – the morning sun shining on pots and pans still in the sink, the cat crying for her food, the dog scratching to go outside, the children bickering in the bedroom.
A concluding full schedule of commitments awaits you.
It seems the same as it is most mornings – yet it will never exist again. Never again will it be this way.
Today is the only day there is. This instant is the only one you have to live. This is the moment you get to love one another. This is when you must bless the world with what only you have to give. This is the hour to savor, treasure, and be present fully.
Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow is a chance.
God has brought you this far so that you can live in this day – just this day. What in the world will you do with such a stunning gift?
2 Samuel 7:18-29
“Who am I…that you have brought me thus far?”
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