*** The MOMENT of PURPOSE !! ***

The future is made of the same stuff as the present - Simone Weil.

 

The moment is eternal.  It is unending.  ... .   We are one with all that's going on around us.  Our existence is purposeful and part of the whole creation, and we can sense our purpose.

 

The present guarantees we are growing even when there's pain.

 

Nothing is - but now.  And when we dwell on what was or what may be, we are cut off from life ... .

It's only in the present that we are invited to make our special contribution to life; perhaps at this moment our special contribution is to reach out to another person, an act that will change two lives, theirs and ours/ours and theirs.

 

We must cling to the present or we'll miss its invitation to grow, to help a friend perhaps.  The present holds all we ever need to fulfill our lives.  It provides every opportunity for our happiness.

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The gift of the present.  I will cherish it, be grateful (thankful), relish it !

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(excerpt from Daily Meditations)

Benefit

Never turn down a job because you think it's too small; you don't know where it can lead - Julia Morgan.

How short is our vision of where an invitation might take us!  Any invitation.  Of one thing we can be certain, it offers an opportunity for making a choice, which means taking responsibility for who we're becoming.  Choice-making is growth-enhancing because it strengthens our awareness of personal power.

Our lives unfold in small measures, just as small as they need to be for our personal comfort.  It's doubtful that we would handle everything the future has in store, today; however, we will be prepared for it, measure by measure, choice by choice, day by day.  We need not fear; what is meted out to us in the invitations offered for our benefit.  We are on a pathway to betterment.

The thrill of making choices.  When we've opted for a life that's passive, all too often, we become increasingly aware of, and often depressed by, our self-imposed powerlessness.  Free at last!  We are free at last to fully participate in our lives.

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I will be grateful for the many options to act tugging at me today.  Every choice I make strengthens me.

K. Casey

~ JUST the Beginning ? ! ~

"WHY do so many choose to make death the end, when it should be just the beginning ?" - David Tait.

*** DON'T Forget Me, LORD ?? !!! ***

DO you ever wonder if the Lord has forgotten you? Does it seem as if He's not paying as much attention to you as He once did? IF so, remember that appearances can be deceiving. Regardless of how it looks right now, the Lord is not far from you. He may be giving you an opportunity to trust Him and wait for His help rather than rely on your own resources.

We are all familiar with a similar kind of testing in everyday life! What parent has not told his child to stay in a certain place until he returns? And what parent is not distressed if that same child is unwilling to wait but quickly runs off on his own?

David, the author of Psalm 13, reflected the thoughts of a child of God who certainly must have pleased the heavenly Father. He was being put to the test. He knew the experience of feeling that he had been abandoned by the Lord. Yet he remained convinced that his only real hope was in God, and that He would reward his faith.

Are you being tested right now? Does God seem far away? It's your opportunity to learn what David learned - that the Lord never leaves you. * He sustains all who put their trust in Him. - Mart De Haan

I'll walk this day in faith, dear Lord,
No foe, no storm I'll fear;
But trusting in Your precious Word,
I'm safe, for You are near. - Anon.

How long, O LORD?
Will You forget me
forever? - Psalm 13:1.

* READ Psalm 13.

* Trusting God's faithfulness dispels our fearfulness!