Yesterdays, Today and Tomorrows

 

So where did time go?  Time is now all those wonderful memories that I hold and treasure.  Thankfulness for the past and great hope for our future is some of God's great gifts.  

Take a look at your babies and know there will come a day that you will send them off into the world.  Help them get ready.  Teach them about Jesus.  Show them how to handle pain and disappointment.  Remember skinned knees teaches them that there is someone to help them up.  Show them how to rejoice in the Lord and all He gives them. 

Lauren emailed wanting my pie crust recipe.  Then it hit me.  I never taught Lauren how to make pie crust.  She has watched but we never took the time to actually have a hands on lesson, a hands on lesson of what makes a good crust or how a good pie crust feels in your hands while you are working with it, or the little secrets to making the crust beautifully golden.  I didn't ever get that done.  

Wow where did the time go?  

Time is today, this moment. At the end of each day, I long to live in the "No Regrets" zone.  Keep short relational accounts.  Love people well.  Listen more than talk.  Speak kindly even when you don't feel like it.  And when you don't do any of those things well take responsibility for it, seek forgiveness, get up and move on.  

I sent the pie crust recipe to Lauren.  She's a big girl now.  She'll figure it out, call if she needs anything and learn her own tricks.  Hope she shares them with me because I have a lot to learn.  :)