Today Is The First Day Of The Rest Of My Life
God Is Not Finished With Me Yet.
Today is the first day of the rest of my life. Started Monday, October 29, 2012 at about 11:20 PM Today is the first day of the rest of my life. What will come in the following days? How many days will I have? I have no answers for these. All I can control is the moment Called now. I can’t control the tomorrows That I have and no other time. It is written that I should say, “If the Lord wills I will do this or that”. I cannot say that I will do this or I will do that. I cannot control the rest of the days of my life.
I can think. I can imagine. I can plan but it is the Lord that will determine it. It all depends of what he wants of me And what he has made me for. God supplied interests, talents, abilities And whatever gifts he has given Or he will give to me. Remember, God is not finished with me yet.
I am digressing just a little bit But I wonder what would have happened if I Would have desired being an elder several years ago When I was approached for being one. I don’t know. I don’t even know if I should even Be asking such a question of myself But it was in my mind. Just thinking about it, I would hope that Crossroads Church would be different Than it turned out to be. But that is in the past and the past is not changed.
The future is not what I live in. I must remind myself That I can only control the moment of time that is now. I can choose for this moment of time. Not for a moment of time yesterday, last year, or 50 years ago. God does let me choose the now And each now he gives to me. It is at this now I choose to follow What God leads me through, Though I do not know where.
What decision each now Will require of me to follow. Thank you God for the peace you give In choosing to follow you in this now. God, I open my spirit, my will, And my mind to you to fill. I desire your Spirit to fill me and lead And guide me to follow your lead. God, I don’t know what talents, interest, Or even infirmities and frailties You may provide for me. May your Spirit gently reveal them to me. God, you have so completely Given your written will As I read your word and meditated upon it may I understand more and more of your will. I want to not only marvel at but Use it as you would want me to. Larry E. Whittington rockhead2u@comcast.net