Past Moments

Looking through things of old today.

Thinking of a time gone by.

The past, 

it definitely shaped me.

Living there means never moving on.

Dwelling on the "could have been"

only means missing out on the now.

The grandfather that my children will not see this side of heaven,

That two and four year old I will never get back.

To live fully, is to live now...

Is to live thankful for what I have to learn this moment, 

Finding a gift- even in the most difficult moment.

With children growing older,

With shoes squeaking on the basketball court,

and sung and played notes filling the air. 

Friends moving in and out of life, 

growing in community with grace. 

I can't trade what was or what could have been for what is.

To live in the past, or what could have been takes back the will of God and 

replaces it with my will.

My, short sighted and imperfect will.  

Thanking the giver of all good things for this moment, 

and the endless "nows" until I go Home.

Philippians 3:143-14

 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

Psalm 118:24
This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.