Stop And Take Notice
God tells us that one antidote to feeling pressed in on every side is to stop and notice each day and what He is doing with it. After all, we can’t “be glad” for God’s great works unless we purposefully take in the day that is flowing by.
This reminds me of a great regret of mine that turned into a great lesson. After months of planning our wedding, the actual ceremony seemed to pass in a delightful blur. A few weeks later, my husband mentioned seeing a particular couple who had been at the ceremony but had to miss the reception. I said, “Really? I don’t remember seeing them. It all seemed to go so fast—I don’t remember much about the ceremony itself.”
Jeff smiled sideways. “I remember everything.” He then told me that one of his groomsmen, a man who was already married, had taken him aside ahead of time and told him the day could either rush by or be soaked in. “He encouraged me to purposefully enter into it and remember it all. So I made sure to really enjoy every moment.”
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