"Look carefully how you walk,
not as unwise but as wise,
making the best use of the time,
because the days are evil.

...be filled with the Spirit,

    giving thanks always and for everything
  to God the Father in the name of
     our Lord Jesus Christ"
Ephesians 5:15, 18, 20 ESV

To live in this day, this wondrous moment
becomes pure and exuberant gratitude.
All is rendered JOY, all things and common
activities are wonders to be savored.

The outcome of time-wisdom is the
fullness of the Spirit in gratitude for all!

The smallest things, the everyday happenings
are experiences full of thanksgiving.
"This is my only meal.
How exquisite it is!"
Not likely, my LAST meal, but my ONLY meal
in my ONLY day.

It is not morbid. It is reality. It is not morose.
It is fantastic.

Today I walk. For now I speak to my loved ones.
Today I am here. Today I live today.

When we measure our life by days and not
by decades or sections,
not by jobs or seasons,
there is a sense of wonder that comes
quietly in and receives from
God's hand with a thankfulness
such as can never come when we
live the past-again and the never-future. 

In the midst of suffering, the Father says,
"It is only this day."
And I know I can bear this day by His
His presence in it.
I can not endure tomorrow
nor project it - onto this day.

This is true Thanksgiving,
to the Creator and Provider:
to live each day of all the days
He gives
This day is fascination with the adventure of
knowing Him and
He is known
only...day by day.

All His days, whether free or bound,
suffering or flying...
all His days are gifts of life and
the chance to know Him.

Above all, now is to
experience the exuberant thanksgiving
of the only Human who has ever had a
perfect and eternally
grateful heart toward God.

He lives in me, in you...
to give unending appreciation to
our Heavenly Father
whose "name is hallowed!"

And who is to be enjoyed forever!

Copyright © 2006 Martha Kilpatrick