45/365- A second at a time

MK has gotten a lot better since we moved, but while we lived in North Carolina she had a borderline obsession with clocks. Seriously, five seconds in our house would have made Captain Hook end himself. (For those Peter Pan fans) There were at least two clocks visible from every room in the house.


But as I mention, she has gotten a lot better and reduced the number of clocks drastically. In fact some of the clocks that we DO have aren't even set correctly. Prime example: I just took this picture and the time is 11:09. Apparently this clock is on Iraq time or something.


Nevertheless, the point of today's blog isn't to inform you about our clock situation, but rather point out the way we measure our lives. We have seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years... and on and on. We say things like, "I'm.......years old" or "my baby is ...... months old". We use time as a measuring stick of our lives. When you're young, you want to get older quickly so you can do more stuff, have more freedom, be your own person. When you're older, you wish you could do half the stuff you could do when you were younger. It's a vicious cycle. Some people keep looking for a life change in their future, yet do nothing to make that change occur today... and it never comes. Others can't get over something in their past, and they refuse to move on.


We get so caught up in the future or the past that we forget to take life one second at a time. Enjoy the moments that you have while you're in them. I have to constantly remind myself of this as I watch Jaden grow. I want him to be able to talk to me, or walk around, or whatever it is that he hasn't quite figured out yet, and in that haste for him to grow I forget to enjoy the moment.


So enjoy these moments, but remember one more truth. In order to get the most out of these moments, you still have to look forward to the future. That is, you have to realize that one day your moments on earth will expire. So live your life in the context of this important truth....


In the movie Gladiator, General Maximus Arilius makes a profound statement when he said, "What we do in life, echoes in eternity." Well said sir. What you do in your life will have eternal consequences. Don't believe me? Well... some things are true whether you believe them or not. Wait long enough and you'll find out.


So live an abundant life, live it right now, and don't miss out on heaven because you were focused on the forecast for tomorrow.


-Steve