Today

What are you waiting on for today?
What happens if you only have today?
Not tomorrow, not yesterday, but today?
What would you do differently?
How would you change things?
Would you reach out to others?
Would you try the things you heard that you heard you couldn't do?
Would you live in the moment?

It's a funny concept because we are all rushing around, trying to fix things, help people, see people through God's eyes, and try to do everything.
But if we just put our feet up for just one moment what would God say to you?
Have you been on strong all your life and then all of sudden, something has gone?
Have you been betrayed by a friend?
Have you had broken promises, that you believed in?
Have you been led along a path that isn't your own?
Have you been had a life of being trapped in something you are trying to be free from?
God is there.
You know when we reach out to others, God is in that, he isn't a one way God.
He is a two way person, he is there, and if you have a thoughts thoughts that come into, your mind, and you have no idea where or how the come in, but they are there.
Go and get some help, don't struggle alone, trying to cope with it,because it will come back, no matter how hard you are no matter if you are a strong person, the thing will come back.
Now the ''thing'' might be depression, or some other thing that was done to you, you have to name it, and you have to say it out loud, not name and claim, but actually realize what it is, and get to the point of the problem.
You can, be strong, but when it comes to actually getting there, where you want to go, you have to be a victor not a victim.
And you'll have to make some changes, it might be going to a good friend who cares about you, and having a genuine care, and hope, and someone who walks beside you, of course, I can't do anything, but if you're noticing things that are a bit amiss.
Tell someone, that you're struggling, it might be making better friends, it might be knowing that you're not coping, it might be laying down, whatever it is, and letting God come in, and doing some work in you, saying what he will do in your life.
Jesus, didn't only come to save us from the world, he came to free people, not just people who believe in him, but for others.
As a church the worst thing we can do is, preach from the front about how good God is, and how perfect our lives are.
What happens if you're going through pain, what happens if all you hear, is '' you're doing it wrong?''
That is false responsibility, we can come so in grossed with people, that we can wear the problem.
I'm not saying to turn a blind eye, to through up our hands and say ''well that's your problem'' it's not what I'm saying, the thing is, we are supposed to walk aside people, but if we really care, we care enough that they should get help before anything else gets worse.
Of course we can't always change people, it has to be them to see it for  themselves, and to see freedom.
So what are you up to today?
My challenge for myself, is, to fulfill the promises that I've made for people. and as I sit down and make a plan for today, I see that the grace of God is with me, because he has made this day, and we will rejoice in it.
Chloe