A New Day

The liner notes in one of my newest CDs includes a special thanks to someone "for being the kind of friend that will not let you live in what was, but to boldly pursue God's plan for what IS." (Treasures of the Heart, Volume One by Mark Trammell)
That person is really onto something. Our pasts are all littered with hundreds of case studies--both successes and failures--of relationships, trials, temptations, opportunities, decisions, choices. It's oh so easy to get caught up in those past victories and defeats when we should be focusing on the ones we're in right now. God doesn't want us to stay stuck in yesterday--we have to turn around and live today's life. There are new choices and decisions, trials and temptations, opportunities and relationships for us to make and form and live through and learn from. And tomorrow there will be a whole new set. It's one thing to say, "Well, that's all in the past;" it's a whole other thing to actually turn your back to the past and move on into the future God has for you. Don't miss out on today's blessings because you're caught up in yesterday's blessings--and certainly don't miss out on them because you're caught up in yesterday's PROBLEMS! "Boldly pursue" bigger and better things.