Loving the Least of These

With every passing year it seems that time goes by faster and faster. One minute we are celebrating the new year and the next thing you know its Thanksgiving. It seems like just yesterday I was a freshman, and now I'm more than half way done with my senior year. It just doesn't seem real some days. If theres one thing I've learned about life over the last few months, it's that I shouldn't take the time that I have with my closest friends and family for granted. I'm learning to cherish every single minute I have with the people that have become so dear to this heart. Iwant to be present in these moments, not thinking about what I need to get done or what I need to do for school, what my crazy schedule is for the next day, or anything else. I want to soak in every single minute of the time I have with them, I wanna live in the moment. These are the moments that you can't get back once they are gone, and so I am tucking away every hug, smile, laugh, and tear into the deepest corners of my heart. The memories that I am making right now will forever remain precious to my heart, and although I am very ready for all the adventures the next chapter of my life is going to bring, at the same time I'm trying to live in this moment, the one right here, right now, instead of wishing it away, anxiously awaiting the next exciting event. I'm finding that there is something that is so special and so sacred in each moment of the day, whether I'm with friends having the time of my life, riding in the car listening to a favorite song, going on a crazy adventure to walmart, or just sitting in moments of silence, there is something happening in each moment, something that God wants me to see, something that I need to hear him whispering to me, something to learn. Maybe sometimes that simply means noticing a beautiful sunset, or starry night and sitting back, humbled and left in awe by the awesomeness of our God. I know for me lately thats exactly what it means, is simply sitting back and shutting up long enough to hear God speaking to me in the most tender moments, reminding me that He is still God, and always will be. And that everything will be ok because He has already conquered it all.

Just like Steven Curtis Chapman says in his song, Miracle of the Moment - Breathe it in and breathe it out, listen to your heartbeat, there's a wonder in the here and now; it's right there in front of you and I don't want you to miss the miracle of the moment.

This is your life, don't miss a single moment of it.

- Sam