I can't wait to marry Kevin, and it's often hard for me to live in the present moment. (What else is new? Notice a common theme running through my blog?)
I miss Kevin and want to hurry up and start our life together. Marriage is a blessing. It's part of God's plan for my life...
But I have to keep reminding myself that it's not the pinnacle of my life.
It won't make my life complete.
This is not a waiting room. God has things for me to do right now.
I've got a class of 27 students that come to me every day, many in desperate need of someone to love and value them, and to provide structure in their life. Next school year, they will no longer be mine to mold.
I've got coworkers who need a smile and a kind word, not impatience while I wait for the copy machine.
I've got hundreds of people I pass by every day when I'm walking or driving or going to the store. Am I showing Christ to them, or am I just seeing them as an obstacle in the midst of my busy week...the week I'm trying to get through so that the weekend will come and I can see my fiance?
I've also got relationship issues to work through, by the way, so Kevin and I can start our marriage on the right foot.
I know a lot of you struggle to live in the present moment, rather than idealize a future moment.
I don't know what advice to give, but I'm sure many of you could offer words of wisdom. If you have something to share, please comment on my blog or send me an email.
"Life is a succession of moments. To live each one is to succeed." -Corita Kent
