Today

This is today.  That's a pretty obvious fact, right?  However, come tomorrow, it will be yesterday.  And you know what?  Once today becomes yesterday, you will never, ever, no matter how hard you try, you won't get yesterday back.  Ever.  It is forever gone.  Are you satisfied with what you did yesterday?  Did you do anything that matters today?  Did you do make a difference in someone's life?  Did you plant a seed for eternity?  Did you water a seed?  Chances are, you are now thinking, what could I have done yesterday?  Maybe you just let yesterday slip by, and you did nothing.
Guess what?  You only have so many 'todays'.  This could be your last one.  Maybe you don't have another tomorrow.  I don't want to sound morbid, but maybe this will get you thinking.  If you died right now, could you look God in the eye and say, "I made the moments You gave me worthwhile."  Honestly, I know I can't.  If you can, I will applaud God for His work through you.  That's my goal: to make every day worth it.  I have thousands of things I wish I hadn't done, things I wish I had done, and I'm not even 18!
Here's a story.  My younger sister loves money.  She will do almost anything to get it.  And she's a shrewd businesswoman, too!  She saves all her money.  She has about a hundred dollars.  But does that mean she'll just give you a penny if you ask for one?  By no means!  She keeps every penny!  She knows that every little cent amounts to something big.  Do you?  You have thousands of moments, but do you keep every one?  Or do you throw them away?  Do you give moments to 'me time'?  Do you give moments to useless hobbies?  How many moments do you give to TV?  How many millions do you give to worrying?  Every single tiny moment amounts to something huge, a lifetime.
We are called to give away our moments, but not to useless or harmful things.  Give your moments to God.  He will take your moments and disperse them to His plan.  He might give them to people, things, and causes you don't want Him to.  He might give them to that person you can't stand.  Maybe He'll give them to Africa, or Oklahoma, or your office, or your home.  Maybe He'll give them to orphans, to widows, to drug addicts.  Giving our moments, our todays to God requires courage.  It requires surrender.  It requires love.  But the rewards are beyond any sale-hunting, any Nickelodeon show, any girlfriend or boyfriend, any nap can offer you.
Will you determine to make today worth it?  Will you give God the moments you still have?  Will you step into the unknown and reap amazing, eternal rewards?  Because I will.  I will fail.  Sometimes I will take my moments back.  But I will try.  And I will trust that God will never fail me.  Please join me.
~Michaela