Saturday, December 11, 2021
As if Even the Trees Bend to the Light of Christ
So We Know
In This Moment
That God is Here Walking With Us.
Which is the only Wisdom There Is
Psalm 33:10
The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; he frustrates the plans of the peoples.
1 Corinthians 1:20
Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
Words of Grace For Today
If only …
If only we could have known …
If only we could have known God’s will for us and …
If only.
These are the words of regret, as if wishing the past were different could change anything.
The only thing that we have is … or better said:
The only time we have is now.
We cannot change the past. We cannot determine the future.
We can and must and do live, choose, act, and … well everything is in the present … except memories that are immutable, wishes that are unreliable and impossible to make happen in the future, and hope that is all about the future being different than the present seems to determine it will be.
The present is what we have and here and now is when we live, choose, and act.
So plan away for the future, and regret your foolish past, or dance on other’s graves of the past. None of it makes any difference. It is all like worrying. The only thing it will get you is lost time in the present and more things to worry about in the next moment.
What is sure are God’s promises, blessings and gifts … all given in and for the present so that we can hope for the future to be God’s and we will be in God’s time, now as always.
As for our plans we make to get ahead or live on our own: God puts those plans in the crapper. As for all the wisdom that teaches us how to live successfully in this greedy, supposedly ‘zero sum’ life: God puts it in the crapper as well. That wisdom and all our plans only work to separate us from God’s blessings, gifts, and promises.
Hang on, though, leaving what others consider ‘wise’ and giving up on making ‘plans’ that others anticipate from us will leave us looking different than most others around us. Instead of lying to get ahead, we may well end up in poverty with our integrity intact and blessed as God walks with us … instead of chasing money, privilege, comfort, and status while destorying others along our greedy way.
Today,
Well today …
Today, as in each present moment, we rest in God’s promises for the future, God’s forgiveness for our past sins, and bold to live the present with integrity … and able to enjoy a good night’s sleep, the warmth of the winter sunshine, the snow spread across the lake and the beautiful sunrises and sunsets, and the warmth God provides in so many and various ways.