Ready or Not 2014 is here - Now What?

Ready or Not 2014 is here. . .what we have to determine is, now what?  Will we find ourselves: Nursing wounds? Nostalgically looking back? Will we forgive and forget? Forgetting those things that are behind us and pressing toward goals and opportunities? Will we hold on to negative and counterproductive actions and people?

Now What?

When circumstances arise this year be prepared to have an answer for now what. Your response will determine your successes; and how you navigate the challenges and difficulties that are sure to appear in 2014.  As we reflect on 2013 and enact plans for 2014, we are to remember that time’s only promise is its allocation (24 hours a day;     168 hours a week; 672 hours a month; 525,600 minutes a year, etc.).

Martin Luther King reminds us: “We may cry out desperately for time to pause in her passage, but is adamant to every plea and rushes on.” Time does not wait for us; in a real sense, time seeks to prepare us. Time subtly and at times overtly instructs us toward action, to forward movement.

I remember vacillating over a decision, this issue I had brought before my dad on numerous occasions and his final advice transformed my dilemma, “Marcus its time! Either stay on the pot or get off!” In short, my dad was encouraging me to make a decision and move forward.

What decisions; opportunities, relationships; career issues; health concerns, etc. – need your now what response? How much time has been wasted? How many people have been hurt? How many opportunities lost? Simply because you haven’t decided now what?

Time is critical to our now what?   Remember: “time is adamant to every plea and rushes on”; 24 hours in a day, gone; 168 hours in a week, spent; 672 hours in a month, exhausted, and 525,600 minutes are just memories every January 1^st. Time rushes on!

We get to determine whether our reflections on this passing of time
will be ones we regret or relish.

Think about this: whether you graduated from high school a year ago or 60 years ago – you most likely thought, you had nothing but time before you. . .today you probably wonder; how so much time, escaped you so fast?  

Time is not static; nor should we be. As we enter 2014, I pray your responses to “now what?” will move you toward healthy decisions and prosperous actions. In that same quote, MLK says: “We are now faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now!”

I say to you my friends, your Now What? response determines your tomorrow

and tomorrow is here today – Make decisions now! 

The present moment is fierce and urgent and . . .
your future is depending on your response today!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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Inspired By Love,

Marcus J. Singleton

Lead Pastor

Living Faith Community

Hoover, AL

Our Vision: “A diverse community of faith; inspired by the love of Jesus, committed to becoming and making disciples”.