Today I began re-reading one of my favorite books by Elisabeth Elliot. It's a book that she wrote to her daughter right after her now son-in-law asked permission for her daughter's hand in marriage. One quote that caught my eye is this:
"Let not our longing slay the appetite of our living."
Elisabeth was made a widow, and a single mother at a very young age. Before she married, mission-work separated her from her love for five years, and the quote above is something her husband wrote to her during that period of time. She saw it as a challenge to "thank God for what he had given, not allowing the not-given to spoil it."
Right now I feel as if I am in a waiting room. I'm waiting to graduate from college, waiting to start a career, waiting to have a child. Why do I put my head and my heart's focus on tomorrow when today is spectacular. A time will come when I remember this snapshot of our lives, and I'll yearn to go back. This instance may seem hectic to the present me, but the future me will have her hands full. I know I'll reflect on these days as peaceful ones.
I'm afraid I've been missing the very point of living. I wonder how I can begin to fully appreciate what God has given me today, without considering tomorrow.
Matthew 6:34
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
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