For most children in school, the Christmas break seems eons away from September. After Christmas vacation, the Easter break seems like it will never arrive. For me, the worst was always after Easter. Summer vacation was tantalizingly close, yet far enough away that the waiting almost hurt.<\/p>\n
So when did things change? When did time begin moving faster than children at the sound of an ice cream truck\u2019s bell? I don\u2019t remember the precise moment, but gradually\u2014almost imperceptibly\u2014the pages of the calendar turned with an increasing frequency that bordered on illegal.<\/p>\n
Until I began submitting work for publication. Then it felt like time stood still. Days turned into weeks, and weeks into months, as I waited for responses to my submissions.<\/p>\n
Anticipation makes us eager for the next big thing, whatever it is. Children yearn for Christmas. Pre-adolescents can\u2019t wait to be teens. Teens crave to be adults. Those in the workforce long for retirement.<\/p>\n
The result of all this wishing and wanting is that we end up wishing our lives away. We\u2019re so focused on tomorrow and what tomorrow will bring, that we fail to enjoy the blessings of today.<\/p>\n
We\u2019re planning summer vacations and we miss the spring blossoms. We\u2019re working for goals and miss today\u2019s delights. Our happiness is pinned to happenings that haven\u2019t happened yet!<\/p>\n
This doesn\u2019t mean we should stop planning ahead. The Bible tells us, \u201cThe plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty\u201d (Proverbs 21:5) and \u201cPlans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed\u201d (Proverbs 15:22).<\/p>\n
God wants us to plan ahead, but also wants us to leave room in our plans for Him. Proverbs also says, \u201cCommit to the LORD whatever you do, and your plans will succeed\u201d and \u201cIn his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps\u201d (16:3, 9).<\/p>\n
I intend to continue setting goals and planning for tomorrow. I also intend to leave room for God to show up in my todays as well as in my tomorrows. As I do, I have a feeling the passage of time won\u2019t seem quite so fast. My happiness quotient may not increase, but my joy, based on trusting Jesus Christ for the results, will skyrocket.<\/p>\n
How quickly is time passing for you?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For most children in school, the Christmas break seems eons away from September. After Christmas vacation, the Easter break seems like it will never arrive. For me, the worst was always after Easter. Summer vacation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":19354,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1551],"tags":[1415,395,1418,1777],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n