A moment in time

The future. The past. The present.

One grows ever closer.

One keeps growing.

One is always a moment in time.

Every breath I take, the future remains ahead of me. It arrives, but never completely.

Every moment I live, the past gains another entry, and the minutes spent grows again.

Every minute I'm here, the present stands with me, a change to think something, do something, be someone.

So what will I do with this breath, this moment, this minute?

I can choose to something amazing or I can choose to waste this moment. Amazing doesn't necessarily mean doing something big or staying busy. Amazing means something of significance. It could be doing nothing, basking in the moment the sun rises above the horizon or watching a bird soar above. It could be something small and simple, like offering a smile or a kind word. Or it could be something big, a new job, a grand adventure.

But life is made of amazing moments. The past can only be filled with with what you do in a million presents. And the future is a new opportunity, every day, to create something new with the present that you receive.

There was a moment on a Sunday morning years ago where something amazing happened, and not just normal amazing.

Where there had been hope, there was despair.

Where there had been excitement, there was fear.

Death lingered in the air. Dreams were buried in a tomb.

But then, on a Sunday morning, everything changed. An empty tomb.  Resurrection.

Isn't that the business that God is in, making all things new?

Bringing life to moments that are engulfed by death.

Bringing hope to situations that are drowning in defeat.

Not every day will bring something as amazing as a Jesus' resurrection, but every day can be a chance for new life. New beginnings. New hope.

We must learn from the past, look to the future, and make decisions in the present where we partner with God to create something amazing. It will seldom be easy, but most things worth having are. We must lean on his wisdom, trust in his grace, and dwell in his love. We will still blow it sometimes, but isn't that what the cross is really about? The story of God's completed, but yet ongoing work to bring dead things to life, hope breaking through to make all things new.

shine!

Jason