One Kernel at a Time 10-23-11

One day I was at the movies with my kids and of course we were eating popcorn.  As I shoved several kernels in my mouth at one time, I noticed a guy in front of me eating one kernel at a time.  So, I decided to try it.  Although after about 10 seconds I decided one kernel popcorn eating is not for me, I got to thinking.  I was thinking about how many of us take life like we eat our popcorn.  We take it in in months and years at a time.  We get so overwhelmed and end up “choking”.  What would happen if we would really take the Word and apply it?  Philippians 4:6 says “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.” (NASB)  What would happen if we would “Be anxious for nothing”?  Matthew 6:34 says “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”(NASB)  What if we would not worry about tomorrow?  If we would just slow down and learn to live in the moment and take life like most addicts; moment by moment, second by second, minute by minute, we would live much happier lives.  We might even tap into the abundant life that Christ said he came to give us.  If we break down time like money we would feel like we have much more of it.  For example, to a child, 100 pennies seems so much more than a one dollar bill because the volume of 100 pennies is greater.  As children of God, let’s look at life the same way.   More often than not, I feel like I need more hours in the day.  But if I broke it down into 3600 seconds or 60 minutes, it seems like I have so much more.  Women, we do this all the time!  We get consumed with what might happen or things we need to accomplish in the weeks and months to come.  I am a firm believer that “proper planning prevents poor performance”.  There’s a “but” coming……………………….BUT, it doesn’t help anybody if we are stressed and overwhelmed about stuff that hasn’t even happened yet.  Often we do not give the Lord an opportunity to bless us or move on our behalf because we have too much stuff crowding our vision.  To God, one day is like a thousand!  Wouldn’t it be much easier to give it over to Him and work with the seconds and minutes right in front of us?  Now look, I am a work in progress.  Please know that I get this idea of “living in the moment” wrong more than I get it right.  So those of us that struggle in this area, let’s help each other and those that got it together in this area, help a sistah out!  LOL!  Love y’all and remember to take life “one kernel at a time”!