A Precious Present
While I cannot give proper credit to the author of the words that follow, I can express gratitude for the wise counsel they offer. If perchance, you’ve heard these words before, hearing them again will only reinforce their impact. Those words are these:
Imagine there is a bank that credits your account each morning with $86,400. It carries over no balance from day today. Every evening deletes whatever part of the balance you failed to use that day.
What would you do? Draw out every cent each day, of course. Each of us had such a bank. Its name is TIME.
Every morning, it credits you with 86,400 seconds. Every night it writes off, as lost, whatever seconds you failed to invest for good purposes. It carries over no balance. Each day opens a new account for you. Unused deposits cannot be saved for another day. You must live in the present, using that day’s deposits.
The clock is ticking. Make the most of today.
These words remind us of what should be obvious but is often overlooked. We need to live each God-given day fully and faithfully, treasure every moment we are given, and never forget that tomorrow is not guaranteed.
So, make the most of today, my friends, make the most of today.
Let us pray: Giving God, how easy it is for us to take your most gracious gift of all for granted. We simply assume there will ways be another time to do what needs to be done. May we be tireless in our efforts to use this day and every new day in ways that make your love in Christ real to others. In our Lord’s name, we pray. Amen.
Daily Message Author: Eric Wogen
Pastor Eric Wogen was born in Chicago, Illinois, and claims mid-western roots, even though he lived in many different places while growing up due to his father’s employment with the Pennsylvania Railroad. A graduate of Radnor High School in suburban Philadelphia, he received an AB in History from Gettysburg College and a MDiv degree from the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg. His first call was to a wonderfully affirming congregation in Sellersville, PA, St. John’s Lutheran Church, Ridge Valley, where he joyfully served until being called as Assistant to the Bishop of the Southeastern Synod (LCA). He returned to parish ministry in 1979 when he was called to serve St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Hanover, PA. After more than twenty years at St. Matthew, he was called by St. Armand’s Key Lutheran Church in Sarasota, Florida to be its pastor and served there until his retirement in 2008. Full Bio
