Matthew 6:34 So don't fret about the next moment, because that moment will present opportunity enough. Each moment has enough to handle of its own. (Phil's version)
Reasons to Receive and Reasons to Reject
Each of us finds reasons to receive a moment and reasons to reject a moment during holiday seasons. This morning I read through a letter from the speaker of the house in Alabama thanking me for prayer. A thank you is a reason to receive with rejoicing. Yesterday, my car's heater sprung a leak. It is 15 degrees outside. That is certainly a reason to reject at 150 miles from home. However, the moment had to be received to be handled. A quick trip to Wally world for some miracle fluid to get me home and a quick call to my faithful mechanic and the car is in the shop and will be ready tomorrow. It had to be received to get to rejoicing. Glad there is a repair fund with a few bucks set aside.
Predecessors
Now the car heater had been preceded by a water heater at the house and the batteries dying in my bionic ears during some critical discussions and my phone / belt-hanging computer cutting in and out and, and, and..... Each moment has to be received, handled and can end up in rejoicing. Now the letter was preceded by a great discussion with a business analyst in New York and a new client coming on board and good days strategizing with two business teams. All of those are easy to receive and rejoice.
The Moment
Every moment presents the opportunity to receive and eventually rejoice. Some are much tougher than others. But, we make it through when we persist. In Dicken's Christmas Carol, the ghost of Christmas present says, "Know me better, man." In other words, enjoy what you have. Receive it, get it into it, and take all the enjoyment you can out of it.
Prayer:
Father, let You have some great moments this week. Whether they start good or bad or interruptive or encouraging, let them result in rejoicing. Enable You to receive and engage with each moment with a certainty You are on our side. As the press of all that needs done needs done looms and days shorten in reach, put a deep smile of confident expectation of good wrap around the heart of You. Give peace for the journey with strength for the moment, and I will be faithful to remember You in each of them.
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