(Adapted from an email I shared with the faculty and administration of the school of which I am employed...)
Question: How many things can you remember from yesterday? Think about it. How many details? Restart your day in your mind. Try to walk through as many conversations, distractions, meetings, tasks, to-do list items checked off, etc. Try to make it all the way to bed time last night.
How much do you remember? I bet you remember some of the highs of your day...like the taste of your home-cooked lasagna or maybe the breeze blowing while you took a walk around the block. I bet even more you remember some of your difficulties of the day. Maybe your plans didn't go through as you expected. Maybe you received a hard phone call or email. Perhaps you ended the day on a sad note, only to wake today revisiting the stinging emotions.
But amidst what you recall...let me ask another question. How many kingdom moments do you remember? How many times do you remember focusing your attention upon the Lord? Whether while driving or walking from class to class? How about the times you helped someone yesterday see Jesus in a new way or a real way amidst their circumstances? When did you acknowledge His glory in creation as you saw the beautiful sunset or the smiles in the precious children we have the privilege to teach? The reason I want you to remember those moments...is because those moments could potentially matter for eternity. Far beyond the memory of yesterday...Christ's impact through you could have eternal ramifications for someone else around you.
As Jesus said in the Sermon on the Mount, “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven" (Matthew 5:14-16).
I pray that if yesterday was not showered with those kind of Kingdom moments...then may TODAY be different. May today be a day filled with moments that matter for eternity. That when this day is done, we will look back and remember God's handiwork amidst the craziness of our day.
May today matter for tomorrow. For eternity.
4Hisfame.
