Peace Today...

If you wish to find peace today, it will all start with your attitude as you approach it. Bring nothing into today from yesterday, lest you start your day with a burden, before it has even begun. It is the baggage of yesterday that often wearies us before we have even taken the first step, on today’s journey. Carrying the knowledge of the past is different than carrying its burden. Let those things that ailed you yesterday, stand as a pile of rumble before you today, being thankful, that you no longer need to carry them or the burden they represent any further on your journey. It is often not, what we run into, but rather what we choose to carry that drains us of our strength. Approaching today’s challenges while carrying yesterday’s burdens will certainly leave you unable and incapable of facing them with the muster necessary to meet the challenge. No matter how strong you are, the weight of the past will certainly overwhelm you at some point, but more important, it will keep you from having the freedom to begin each day fresh and renewed. Understand, those who dread tomorrow, do so because they have chosen to live in the burden of yesterday! Remember, we are to cast all our cares upon him; for He careth for us. Start each day with empty hands, open hearts, and eyes filled with the wonder of what each new day holds!

Your Pastor.