This is the day that the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Psalm 118: 24
When I was younger I used to always think of the future as something amazing. In the future I was gonna have a big house, or my own beautiful apartment, my parents were going to live in Nicaragua, I was gonna make enough money to buy my grandparents a house, I was gonna do some stuff I thought were big things. Now here I am at 29 and the future is still something that I look forward to and the dreams are still there and are still possible, but things have changed… Since my grandmother passed away this year I’ve realized that it doesn’t matter whether I achieve my dreams or not, but what really matters is how am I choosing to spend my resources, like my time, money, or energy? Maybe some of my dreams will not come to past and that’s actually okay. Now I know I will never have a chance to buy that home for my grandparents for my grandma to enjoy, but my mom and her siblings were actually able to buy her a nicer home than the one they had lived in. She lived in that new home a few years before she passed. Maybe I won’t have a big house by the age of 30, but maybe I’ll have it when I’m 40? Maybe not, maybe having a safe comfortable space where I feel peace and happy is better than having a flashy home. Maybe some of my dreams will not come true… yeah that’s not really a popular opinion when you’re thinking of following your dreams and doing these amazing things and having a “nothing is impossible with God mindset”… but that’s not the point. While I know that God is amazing and He can do anything, He cares more about my soul than what house I’m in living in. I know for myself I’m probably always going to have goals and things that I’m aiming for, but I don’t just want to live for those “aspirations.” I need to live for my today. How can I heal more so I become a better person? How can I appreciate and spend time with my grandparents and my parents while they’re still here? How can I enjoy the little things while chipping away at the goals that seem huge, but at the end of day don’t really matter compared to having peaceful and healthy life. So the little things, like calling my grandparents once in a while, enjoying laughter with those that I love, saying I love you often, learning to be more patient with my mom, learning how to be a healthier and happier person myself, is really what counts. Today is what counts. So as we go through our daily lives, working on ourselves, working at our jobs, trying or not trying to do our best, let’s also rest and remember that because today is today we should rejoice and be glad in it because the Lord has made it. Kinda tough when you’re arguing with someone you love, or stressed about whatever you’re worried about, but just try….focus on the little things, do something nice for someone else, even if it’s just giving them a compliment or sending a “hope you have a great day!” text. The Bible calls us to rejoice today because today is the day He has made, so let’s do it or at least try.
God bless you, have a blessed week.
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