Prayer for the Week

We've already talked about the sheer awesomeness of this book. Once again, everyone should get it. My sister and I always laugh that the devotional for the day knows exactly whats going on in our lives. In reality, I have no doubt that He knows exactly what we need to hear. I truly think it is Jesus Calling.

Todays devotional held this pearl of wisdom:

"I want you to live this day abundantly, seeing all there is to see, doing all there is to do. Don’t be distracted by future concerns. Leave them to Me! Each day of life is a glorious gift, but so few people know how to live within the confines of today. Much of their energy for abundant living spills over the time line into tomorrow’s worries or past regrets. Their remaining energy is sufficient only for limping through the day, not for living it to the full. I am training you to keep your focus on My Presence in the present. This is how to receive abundant Life, which flows freely from My throne of grace."

How true is that?? How often do we speed through the things we do, merely seeking to check them off our to-do list? I am so very guilty of that. What if today, and this week, we cherish the day for what it is? A beautiful blessing from our Father who loves us so very much??

 Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.” Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.”

—James 4:13–15