Carpe Diem

Well hello there! Glad to see some of you haven't completely given up on me, even though I have been terribly unfaithful in my posting! Life has been crazy the last couple weeks. I feel like I'm still trying to get on top of the new year and show it who's boss. =)

I spent this last week in Santa Fe at our capitol staffing the New Mexico TeenPact class. It was a fantastic experience for me and God taught me so much. We had an amazing staff team with Bill Jack as our guest speaker/director for the week, it was a privilege to work with him. Something that really impacted me and challenged my perspective on the way I view each day was something that our program director told us and that was "you can never live today again." Of course we all know that we never get to relive the same day twice, but do we really stop to realize that we never get to relieve the same day twice? Every moment is here and gone like a wave upon the sand.
We can never take back the words we say or the tone of our voice, we can never change what has happened or what we've done, BUT we can change what we do in the future. We can determine to live intentionally and make every day count. We can determine to use our words to give life to others instead of giving words of death. We can choose to encourage rather than discourage. We can look for the positive and not focus on the negative.

We can live a life that will impact those around us for Christ's Kingdom spreading His light and love, or we can live each day for ourselves ignoring the purpose for which we were created - to glorify God and enjoy Him forever.

Carpe Diem - seize the day my friends! Let us take captive every day that we are given and not waste it on ourselves and the pleasures of this fleeting life. Let us focus, not on the things of this world that are temporary, but on the things of God which are eternal. 

What are ways we can be intentional in the way we live each day? What are things we can be doing in our everyday lives and in our homes that keep the focus on our eternal purpose?