This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.Psalms 118:24
There’s a built-in danger in goal setting. What is it? It’s believing
we’ll only be happy when we reach those goals. We tell ourselves: “When I
graduate, get married, have children, own my own home, etc.,” so we keep
postponing life.
University professor tells of being invited to speak at a military base
and meeting an unforgettable soldier name Ralph at the airport. After they
introduced themselves they headed toward baggage claim. As they walked down the
concourse Ralph kept disappearing, once to help an older woman whose suitcase
had fallen open, once to life up two toddlers so they could see Santa Clause,
and again to give directions to someone who was lost. Each time he came back
with a big smile on his face.
“Where did
you learn to live like that?” the professor asked. “Oh,” Ralph said,
“During the war, I guess.” Then he told the professor about his last tour of
duty, how it was his job to detect mines, and how he watched his friends died
one after another. “I learned to live
between the steps”, he said. “I never knew whether the next step would be
my last, so I learned to get everything I could out of the moment between when
I picked up my foot and put it down again. Every step I took was a whole new
world, and I guess I've been living that way ever since.”
Ralph had it right! To get the most out of living we must live by the
scripture: “This is the day the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in
it.”
Dan Castleberry is on the Pastoral ministry team and leads various ministries at Royalwood. He is married to Robyn and has three beautiful daughters. You can follow Dan on Twitter.
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