Time. Is it treasured?

 Greetings, yet again today! :)

   Well, here is the post as promised for Chapter 4. Am starting to get on track again with my life and commitments, praise God!

   This evenings chapter was quite fascinating. And very applicable to my life at the moment. Time. Truly what is it? Are we living each moment to the fullest? Or are we in such a rush, that we are looking to the next before the current is even over?  I know I have been guilty of those very things, especially this week. It has been a hard week for me, stressful at best. And why, truly, when I get down to the nitty gritty details of my life. Was it worth it, getting all wound up over the details, the deadlines, the daily things grappling for my attention? I'm not saying we should ignore our commitments or stop doing things that we need to.
  But I feel, at least for me, it's my outlook on life, my perspective on things, on all parts, situations and decisions of my life. As my sister in law and I we're talking this week, I've realized a few things, and these chapters have confirmed those things. I want to control it, I want to have things my way, I want life to go the way I want it to go, I want, I want, I want. But in the midst of it all, I've lost my joy, my contentment, my zeal and love for life. It's meant to be enjoyed, loved, adored, treasured - let's grab it by the horns ladies and run with what we are given in the moment. Tomorrow is not guaranteed, nor is even the next moment. I am determined not to live my life in regret. And trust me, this week has given me many moments for it. But I refuse to even go there, life is fleeting. A moment is there, and then gone in the next. I am going to be one that lives life to the fullest, to be in that moment, and enjoy for what is. Not for what isn't. Are you with me ladies?

   Which brings us into Ann's thoughts. "I am attentive, aware, accepting the whole of the moment, weighing it down with me all here. Wherever  you are, be all there." We've all heard it before. But I urge you really ponder that. It goes right along with my thoughts above. "It's not the gifts that fulfill, but the holiness of the space." Full attention slows time and I love the full of the moment,right to the outer edges. When I'm present, I meet I am, the very presence of a present God. In His embrace, times loses all sense of speed and stress and space and stands so still and... holy."

 "I hunger to taste life. God."  I want that myself. I want to see God, feel Him,touch Him and live for Him greater, deeper, dangerously.

  Final words from the chapter:  Thanksgiving makes time. Thanksgiving creates abundance. I want to slow down and taste life,give thanks, and see God. Don't I always have the choice to be fully attentive?

   I will leave you with this thought. What are you hungering for, and what are you going to do about it? And are you going to view time and your attentiveness around it differently now?

   Growing with you on this journey, Miranda