What’s Around the Corner

You’ll never know what’s around the corner. While we’re geared to plan and look to the future, we need to maintain a strong foothold on the present. Ten years ago everything was going perfectly. My family was close, I was married to a wonderful man, and I had incredible friends and a great job. In fact, ten years ago today, my thoughts were on enjoying the spring weather that finally landed in south-central Pennsylvania. I had no cares in the world, other than if my bicycle was ready for our maiden voyage for the year. My plans were on enjoying the day at hand.

Little did I know my life would be changed forever the next day.

Little did I know I’d hear the most devastating words I’d ever hear: You have a brain tumor and may die very soon.

All my wonderfuls took a back seat to what my right now had given me.

None of us know what we will face next week. No … tomorrow. Wait, not even later today. Honestly, we can’t even be sure what the next minute will bring. We will never know what’s around the corner for our lives, but we can know what’s right now.

Be thankful for where you are, because it’s a beautiful place to be.

Place your hand on your chest

Place your hand on your chest. Do you feel it? Tha-thump. Tha-thump. Tha-thump. That’s your heartbeat. You didn’t do anything to make it start.

That’s God’s gift to you. And it’s beautiful.

Enjoy it. Know that your life has a purpose next week and next month, but it also has a purpose right here and now. Don’t miss it. Don’t plan ahead that you’ve forgotten about today.

[box] Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit.” Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away.” James 4:13-14[/box]