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Again and again the world pushes us into this race to the next big thing. Maybe it’s school. Maybe its marriage. Maybe its a career. What ever, it is always the future.

But how long must we pursue the future before we recognize it only leads to longing for the past?

So perhaps we don’t start that next big thing. Perhaps we simply experience. Exist in this moment as we are…

Perhaps we take on each day pursuing the one thing that matters… becoming more like Christ.

In that pursuit, along the way, we lose the deep desire of what has yet to come for what is.

We begin to see the glory of God in every fine detail of our day. The beauty of the garden leaves us in awe not just because of the grand display of flowers, but because we see God’s heart in even the weeds.

My dear friend, the future is delightful and God is certainly in it. But how much longer must it become our past to finally admire it?

In what way is your current place in life one of true gratitude?

The Lord does not just bring peace and hope where He treads. He is that embodied. It is who He is and how He is that gives us the freedom to hope in the wilderness. To love in the hurting. To trust in the confusion. And to rejoice in the now. No matter what that looks like. Not because we have to. But because the peace of having Jesus lead our steps means we get to, without a burden of shame, love and be loved.

So perhaps instead of starting the next big thing, we start seeking God in the place we are now. Dare to hope and look deep for the hidden glory dear friend.