I started a new devotional this weekend. At the end of one of the pages I found this striking quote:
Too often do I let my life become insignificant. I dismiss moments as trivial lapses of time with no purpose or plan. I sleep-in late, I worry about money, I check my facebook ten times, I watch Netflix, I obsess over relationships. What if I seized every moment as a precious second to do something full of meaning? God is the power in-play here, but He gives me time and a life to do with as I please. As I live and make choices, they are embedded into an eternity I am apart of. This morning I woke up exhausted. When I opened my eyes, I didn't feel the peace I usually feel in the mornings. Usually I use my waking hours to rest and be comforted by God and enjoy the world while it's sleeping. As an extrovert I spend my days outputting constantly, by the time I go to bed I'm running on empty. I need those hours at the beginning of my day to just breathe. Today I let the morning getaway from me. I woke up late, I didn't have time to set my heart up for a good day. Before I had a chance to drink my coffee, I was feeling the burden of today's anxieties. On days like today I have a choice to make about my life. When I wake up and feel the temptation to sleep-in a little and skip the time I know I need, or start to worry about the things I can't change, I have a choice to make. I can choose to seize the moments I have been given to love deeply, find joy, and pursue truth. Or I can waste the seconds God deals out to satisfy my whims of selfishness. Seizing the day is a lot less about doing anything more than everyday life, and a lot more about taking every moment as a chance to invest in eternity.
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