Thursday, September 19, 2013

The Now

“I never look back, Darling. It distracts from the now.” – Edna Mode, The Incredibles


I hope you read that in the funny accent that she uses in the movie.  If not, go back and read it again.  That word is pronounced “Daaaaa-ling.”
And while Edna may not always have the best advice, I think in this case she is right.  We spend a lot of our lives looking back on what is gone or obsessing over what it yet to come.  While there is a place for nostalgia and dreams, the truth is most of the time those things simply distract us from the now. 

God has something for us now. 
Something He is calling us to do. 

A person He is calling us to love or reach out to. 
A life that He is calling us to live. 

It may seem small or insignificant sometimes, but it is what God desires from you now.  Don’t wait for something else to come when God has a plan for you right now.  Don’t live in the past, live in the now.

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