This very moment

"I pray you'll be nearsighted - focusing on the present."

This is the day the Lord has made, let us be glad and rejoice in it.  How many times have you heard that and really, truly lived it?  How awesome is it to know that our Lord wants us to enjoy this very moment!  Are you forward-focused?  Do you love your plan and your schedule and dreaming of what may come?  Or are you a fly by the seat, what's a calendar kinda gal?  No matter which catagory you fall into, you are victim to today's fast paced, I want more, make it better society.  

I don't know about you, but I want my boys to see God in everything.  I believe the way to do that is to slow down and take in all our surroundings wherever we are.

We are missing the here and now.  This day that the Lord has made. Make it a point today to love what is happening right at this very moment so I'll stop to take-it-all-in moments!

(My view this morning, the Mighty Mississippi)

"Help my family live in and appreciate the moment. Help us to recognize your gifts in the people we meet, the activities of the day— everything we can reach out and touch. And please help my children to cling to The Moment rather than obsessing about Tomorrow. Grant us your sight, Lord. Make us aware of what you want us to see, notice, and experience. Amen."