Living in the Present, Live for Today, Living in the Moment, Living Life, Living in the Present Moment, Not living in the past, Not taking life for granted, Living for God, Live for the moment, Living for Today. 

Personal I’m the type of person that forgets about past things that have happened to me until I’m reminded of the situation. I can admit that the past is not an issue for me. It’s planning for the future. Looking past today. I can plan my butt off. The thing about perfect plans is that they will never be perfect. As I’ve learned in my walk with God. That his purpose for my life will shine through every detail of my little plan that I’ve spent nights thinking over.

I remember my best friend and I had met some guys at these after hours club. The guys were older than us, but my friend and I was eating up all the attention that we’re getting.  The guy that was talking to me told me that they were from out of town. That he would like to call me since they were actually leaving the club to the airport that morning. We exchanged numbers, went our separate ways.

3 days later the guy called me, he expressed how I left an impression on him. How he wanted to fly me out to see him. I got so excited I went to planning. Working out the details: Best friend coming with me (check), Get off work (check), New clothes (check).

Now for a plan to tell my parents I was going out of town that weekend. By the end of the day the guy had called me back with all the arrangements for that weekend bestie and I just needed to be at the airport on Friday morning.

Forgetting the past -Isaiah 43:18, reaching the future -Matthew 6:34  but what about the now?

 

Telling my mother I was going out of town with my bestie for my bestie was the story. Living for my future trip, I failed to live in today of that week. If I would have been paying attention I would have seen that my mother uncovered my lied. I would have seen God had already told my mother what was going on.

That my mother wasn’t worried about me going out of town because God told her my trip wasn’t  going to be. If I would have lived that week I wouldn’t have gone a week worrying, becoming sick and stressed out about lying to my mother.

As Friday came being sick, arriving at the airport. New luggage checked in, check points, making it to our gate before time with our new traveling clothes all went smoothly.  We slashy up to the front desk as our names were being called.

Thinking we’re VIP’s until the ticket agents dropped that hammer on our “perfect plan” told us that the plane was full and we won’t be getting on today due to our “buddy passes” The next flight was in 12 hours. That meant instead of 3 days on our trip it would be down to 2 days.

Still in shock. Not understanding the buddy pass until my bestie busted my bubble about getting played with some cheap tickets that only work if the plane is empty.  Since our bags were checked in our new luggage would get to have the trip we plan for while I & bestie would be stuck in LA.

All this planning I was still game to go. I was willing to stay at the airport all day so I wouldn’t have to go home and keep lying to my mother. I was finally brought back into today when bestie wasn’t about that airport all day life. A new plan was made was to go home and wait for the next flight.  We called everyone we knew to come get us for the airport before breaking down to call my dad to get us.

Getting home I could hear my mother on the phone just laughing having a good ole time. Hearing her telling her friend how I thought I was going out of town and How God changed the plan. Even today I hear that laugh. I was so busy planning that I didn’t see that God was sparing me from the trouble I would have gotten into if my friend and I went on that trip.

I ask myself today what about the now? I can’t take back my past. I don’t have to worry about my future- Jeremiah 29:11.  For most of us, it’s hard to be in the now. Our minds are always racing with what needs to get done next. But the word of God says that tomorrow will take care of tomorrow. It takes trust in God to know that right now I can be right here. I place my trust in him knowing that I don’t have to figure out the rest. Keeping my mind stay on him keeps me in today.  I ask again what are you doing now to stay in your TODAY?

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