As I sit here this morning, looking out of my window onto my street, I have a single thought:
Today is powerful.
One single day could change everything.
No, there’s nothing significant about this Thursday.
I mean that every day is powerful.
And you have one shot to get today right.
Each day I have the opportunity to do something… in this moment… or let it slip away.
It’s a simple thought. But perspective adds to the realization that today can’t be just another day.
So often we get lost in the busyness of doing what we need to do today that we forget that Jesus Christ has empowered his believers to measure each day differently.
Jesus measures your day differently than you do.
Today might not seem significant. But it is.
Today is a gift. And what you do with this day matters deeply to the one who made the hours we describe as a day.
“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”
Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
I don’t have time for could, woulda, or shoulda. I only have time for results.
I know the stats. I know the strategies. I know what it takes to get it done… it’s time to get it done.
[Insert whatever analogy you need to fire yourself up]
I’m a youth worker. It’s in my blood. It is who I’m called to be and it is who I am. And all youth workers are hard-wired to plan stuff out in August. August is our January. We plan vacations, mission trips, concerts, retreats, camps, and everything else. If it is going to happen in 2010-2011… now is when we lay it out.
In August, we lay out our dreams for the school year in August.
So that is what I’m doing this August. I’m laying down my dreams. I’m laying down my hopes. And I’m putting aside my excuses.
I’m tired of waiting for next year.
I don’t have time to build another year.
I am getting too old to sit around and wait for something good to happen. Or the right kid to show up. Or the wrong kid to “get it.”
I don’t want to just hang out with kids anymore without a purpose. We’ve played enough video games, eaten enough pizza, and I’ve been to enough high school games.
This. is. it.
This year.
This day.
This moment.
Now is the only time that matters.
I’ve got no patience for coulda, woulda, or shoulda.
As I sit here this morning, looking out of my window onto my street, I have a single thought: