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Today!!

I’m a dreamer…and I’ve been known to look back a lot, too.

Know what that means? It means I don’t live TODAY to the fullest.

We don’t have a promise of tomorrow, do we? We can’t go back and redo yesterday, can we? What can we do?

We can live today, experiencing every second!!! I love how Bill and Gloria Gaither have always written songs like “We Have This Moment Today”…taking those very ordinary things such as a cup of coffee, ketchup on their kid’s nose, playing baseball with a grandmother to encourage us to look at it all….those ordinary events that can whiz by, if we aren’t careful, and we’ll miss something that could be lifechanging.

I don’t know why we look for the big stuff…missing the little stuff. And hasn’t God been “guilty” of talking more about those ordinary daily things like playing with children, fishing, plowing in the field, etc. to get His point across than parting seas, rescuing from lions’ dens, feeding thousands with hardly nothing. Of course those are all works of God to learn from, but He does seem to delight in talking with us about the minute by minute events.

To be honest, I’m just now, these past 10 years or so, learning the importance of not waiting for “that huge moment” to take place…but to grab hold of this very second and LIVE IT.

After all, we only have “this moment today” promised to us. Let’s LIVE IT, LOVE IT and THANK GOD FOR IT!!!

Ann D

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  1. Sue DuffieldMarch 16, 2011 at 3:07 PM

    And every moment, whether big or small - can be a divine appointment! You're so right - don't wait for ANYTHING. Go for it now! Love you, Ann!

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  2. LaDonnaMarch 16, 2011 at 10:07 PM

    Oh my! Thank you for this, AnnD. I am sooo guilty of either looking back at what I lost, or missed out on, or dreaming of what I wish would happen in my life. There are times, BUT very seldom do I acknowledge what this day holds because I always feel like it/I could be better, so it just never brings satisfaction. Nor do I ever feel I've accomplished enough for Him or those I love. I'm getting there...I'm beginning to "get it" but have a long way to go!!! Thank you for being a part in helping me to see that. :)

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  3. UnknownMarch 18, 2011 at 10:56 AM

    Ann, thanks so much for your blog post of March 16. Really needed to be reminded of those things today. A lot to think on.

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