Wednesday’s Word
The other
day I saw a post on Facebook that is a quote by Lao Tzu and it really caught my
attention as it collided with the cry of my heart: to stay in my moments that I
might have more joy and a consistently thankful heart. Here’s the quote: “If
you are depressed, you are living in the past; if you are anxious you are
living in the future. If you are at peace, you are living in the present,” or
as I say, in your moment!
Thanks so
much for joining me for Coffee Hour with Chicklit Power and Wednesday’s Word
with Trench Classes United. Here are some truths to accompany these wise words
of Tzu:
We need to
look back, not fall back, that we may recognize unhealthy tendencies and change
our choices for we cannot change that which we don’t recognize as a
problem. Looking back can be one of the
most valuable tools to change accompanied, of course, with the grace of God!
It’s this other tense that got me, the one that says if you are anxious, then
you are living in the future, in other words whatever you are doing, you are
not really there, or at least all there! Are you catching what I’m throwing?
I don’t know
about you, but this is where I struggle, staying in the moments because of all my responsibilities. But is that a
crutch of an excuse? Is that just a pass to remain busy, and often too busy?
Oh, if we were just given the perfect equation for balance in our lives, huh,
some sort of recipe to follow that we would achieve that ability to
consistently stay in the present so as to not be ripped off in the future.
I think I
found it…the answer to this dilemma, that is! But I must confess, it sounds
easier than it is but after trying this consistently, I can say that it is possible!
See, this life is just temporary, a sort of practice run to learn how to dwell
in eternity with the One whose perfect love will carry us there, so whatever we
endeavor to do, wherever we put our most energy, whatever rents the most space
in our head…must have eternal value!
Pouring truth into the mind is necessary to keep out the lies
that keep us chasing after another thing to check off on our to-do list, or
trying to control circumstances, situations or even worse, controlling others.
We must discipline the mind with spiritual truths which will then feed the soul
so as to not be caught off balance like that of a double-minded, wobbly-legged
weakling struggling to stay afloat grasping for air, for a future that is
secure.
So as we go
through today, my prayer for you and for me from Isaiah 26:3: He will keep him
in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on You…because he/she trusts in you!
Until next
Wednesday,
Keeping my
mind stayed on Him…
Evinda
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