Today is a New Life!
July 24, 2013 Leave a comment
"This is the day which the Lord has brought about; we will rejoice and be glad in it." Psalm 118:24 AMP
There has been changes at work yesterday regarding work days. I will be going on a 2-week vacation three times until December.
Today is such a great day. I am not talking about ‘today’ in reference to a day in a week. I am talking about the present day which is today (the right now kind of today).
When I was 16, after the death of my father, I came across these words – "Today is a new life." It was popularized by Carnegie in his book "How to stop worrying and start living". During my darkest moment on earth, those 5 words helped me wake up each depressing day after I lost my father. I created a handwritten poster on card board and position it where every time I wake up in the morning, those words are the first thing that I think about. Even up to this day even without the poster, I still think of those 5 words as I prepare for the day doing my 100 sit-ups in a stay ball or drinking my morning coffee and eating my bagel breakfast.
So what’s in the word today that is so powerful?
It’s the power of "now". Jesus said "do not worry about tomorrow". It is not a suggestion, it is a command.
Many times we fast forward our time table and by doing so, we become partakers of the future instead of a participant for today. Indeed, the best way to live a life is to live it today for tomorrow may never comes. I’m not discrediting the preparation we do for the future, I am just implying to focus at least 90% of effort of today and 10% for tomorrow. And oh by the way, the things that happened in the past should get 0% of our attention. History are meant to teach us only and not to be replayed over and over in our head.
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