Philippians 3:13-14
Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
I cannot believe how much quicker time passes when you get older. As a kid it seemed as if everything was in slow motion and that the days drug by. From one holiday to the next seemed like an eternity. But then I arrived in my seventies and the years seem to fly past like watching a picket fence at highway speed. Fast or slow, life is constantly slipping past and another year is before us.
Some people spend the majority of their time remembering the days gone by. We say that they are living in the past. Others spend much of their time worrying and wondering about the future. As I see it, neither of these choices are worthy of our efforts. We cannot re-live the past (what is done is done). We cannot pre-live the future (we have not been there yet).
That leaves the here and now. There is a familiar quotation that sounds like a Bible verse, but if so I cannot locate it: Only one life and it soon will be past. Only what is done for Christ will last!
My aim and desire for the year 2013 is to live each day for Jesus Christ as if it is the last day I have to live for Him. It may very well be the last day and I want most of all to please Him rather than to enjoy any other thing. HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Blessings dear hearts. Draw near to God today, trust Him completely and be a blessing!
—Pastor Cecil