Isn't it interesting how we count down til Friday, til Spring, til Summer, til our vacation, til we get a little older, til we get married, til we retire...all with the pretense that those are things we are going to enjoy? ...YET...we FAIL to see how there is JOY in each and every day! There can be JOY, and smiles, and happiness, and excitement...right here and now! Isn't that a marvelous concept? We don't have to count down to begin enjoying our lives! Our lives are right here, right now! This is the youngest we will ever be, and this moment will only last a little while, and then, once it is gone and the clock strikes the next minute or hour, we cannot go back! Not ever!

STOP... Stop for a moment and reflect on this awesome, sometimes crazy, mixed up, amazing, random, yet wonderful life you are living. Reflect on the moments that have brought you to where you are today. All sorts of moments. All sorts of memories. All sorts of lessons. All sorts of triumphs. All sorts of trials. There have been joys, there have been tears. Moments of giddy laughter, and moments of utter pain. Seasons of growth, and depths of despair. And now look at what the grand tapestry is evolving into? That beautiful being called YOU! The very YOU which is created in the image of God, the very YOU which He calls by name! And now, think for a moment, at what YOU would look like and be made of without the variety of this journey?