YESTERDAY and TOMORROW

I try to live in the moment - not thinking about yesterday or worrying about tomorrow but living for today!  Make the most of today!

I used to say not to worry about the "what ifs" - we can't control them.  Live for the now!

The last 8 months I have been living in the "what if".  I have beat myself silly trying to figure out "what if".  Where did that get me? 

Right back at the here and now.

We make choices in life and we live with the consequences (good or bad) of those choices.  If we are constantly asking ourselves "what if"  we will never be content with where God has us at this very moment.  We can't change the past and we can't dictate our future.  We can make choices that influence our future but there are many other contributing factors that determine the fate of our future. 

I am learning to be content in today! 

If I'm not happy with how yesterday turned out I don't sit and ponder the "what if".  Instead, I figure out what I don't like about yesterday and then determine not to do those things, say those things, or act that way again.  What is it that you are not happy about yesterday? 

     the way you talked to your husband?
     the way you yelled at the kids when they dropped all their school stuff in the middle of the floor?
     the way you gossiped about the lady at church to another church friend?
     the way you were too busy to talk to momma when she called?
     the way you acted when someone took the closest parking spot to the grocery when it was raining?

Think about it...and change it?  Resolve to change the attitude?  Change the tone?  Teach instead of scold?  Think about what it would feel like if you knew others were gossiping about you? 

I'm also relying on God a heck of a lot more.  I've never stopped walking with the Lord but I certainly wasn't consulting Him on the decisions I was making or on my future.  After all, everything was going according to plan...until it wasn't.  You know, I find when I look back over my life the times I think I've got it all figured out is when I realize I really did't.  Do you ever feel that way?

So today, I'm no longer asking "what if".  That's not important.  What's important is living in the here and now, trusting my Heavenly Father, and asking Him to reveal to me how to live my life rather than me dictating to Him how it's going to be. 

Let me leave you with some verses.  Today I have been reading in Phillipians 4.  I have memorized so many scriptures from this passage growing up but it's all been memorizing.  Today...I am meditating.  If you are looking for something to meditate on today, this is some great truth.  These are just 2 of the verses that spoke to me today. 

            ¹² I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. ¹³ I can do all this through him who gives me strength. 

Please let me pray for you.  If there is something on your heart or you have an unspoken request that you aren't ready to share, let me pray for you.  Email me at marobinga@yahoo.com .  Let's walk this journey together