This Is Your Time

Waiting.  It's what we do.  Yet.  There's so much to experience right now, wherever we're at, whatever we're doing, whoever we are.   Even so, we often miss the gift of the day in this hurry-up-over-stressed-problem-filled world we live in.

I am convinced the pressures of the daily stuff of life is one of the greatest obstacles from experiencing and celebrating what we've received in the moment.

The thing is . . . we're created to experience the moment . . . by giving attention to God who gives us the day, responding with faith and courage.   

But.  It means we need to release the stuff that weighs us down, resting and trusting God, believing there's a purpose and plan for the time and space we're in.

Consider what Queen Esther's uncle said to her about a moment in time: 
If you keep quiet at this time, someone else will help and save the Jewish people, but you and your father's family will all die. And who knows, you may have been chosen queen for just such a time as this." (Esther 4:14, NCV). 

There's a moment in each day, when we're given the opportunity to purposefully respond with faith and courage.  It's really what we've been waiting for, a moment in time which counts.  And.  It's what we choose to do with the moment that matters in the end.

This is your time, this very moment, to experience the gift, responding to it with faith and courage. 

Breathe.
Release the pressures, surrender the busyness, trust God.
Experience the gift of the moment, trusting you were born for it, responding with faith and courage.
Celebrate the time you have received with gratefulness.

Learning to Kickstart the day grateful for the time,
Kerrie

(written by Kerrie Carlisle Palmer © 2011 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED)