Scripture tells us we are to set our minds on the
things above not on the things of the earth. Once I found that a difficult task
but as my journey took me closer to Christ I discovered it wasn’t hard at all.
My soul started looking to those things above without any help from me.
Without me knowing quite how it happened Christ became
my constant companion. He’s there when I wake up in the morning, there as I go
through my day, there when I fall asleep at night. I know He’s there because I feel
His presence in me.
But while I’m looking on the things above there is the
earthly part of my life. The everyday happenings that go on with me and around
me.
Last night I was reminded of something.
Somewhere I read a saying that went something like
treasure those you love because someday God will need them back. I never forget
to love my family and friends. Never forget to tell them I love them. But
sometimes in the busyness of the day I may forget to show them. I may forget to
enjoy them.
Right now, as I lay in bed trying to hold onto the
baby in my womb, I am learning to treasure every second. Circumstances in my
life the last seven months have taught me what it’s like to truly live in the
moment, to grab onto today because it may be all I get, to enjoy what I have
right here right now. I learned that lesson through circumstances I would never
have chosen. I thought learning to grab onto today was as far as I could take…
Therefore
do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself.
Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. Matthew 6:34
…but I was wrong. In the last twenty four hours I’ve
learned it can be taken even further. While I struggle not to worry about what’s
going to happen, I am learning to treasure every second.
Because this second may be all that I get.
I can’t know what the next second will bring with my
unborn baby. And as I treasure each second and face the next with a world of
unknowns I’m learning a lesson I’d have rather not learned in this way. I’m
learning it isn’t just today, isn’t just this moment that we must be concerned
with. We aren’t promised tomorrow.
But we aren’t promised another second either.
This second, this single dot in time, is all we can be
assured of. Life happens in an instant. And so does death. One second a baby
isn’t there, the next…conception. One second someone is alive, the next…death.
This second is precious because it may be all we ever
get.
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