Today I visited my allergy doctor for my annual checkup. I’ll bet you’ve done something similar…the annual follow up to see how things are going. I was tempted to ask how much weight I might have gained over the year but didn’t!!!
I was tested for allergies about two years ago and I have allergy to pet dander and various outside pollen, weeds, grasses, etc. I forget exactly how many things were found when I got the test of 100’s of needles in my back!!
Everything went fine today and new prescriptions were written for the two nose sprays I take. I also take a Claritin tablet as well among all the other meds.
The weird thing was when I went to check out we made my next appointment for May 9, 2013. The receptionist asked me what time of day was better for me. I thought it was almost funny to try and imagine what will be going on for me in a year. I have no idea! I don’t know what will be going on in my life next year at this time. I think it is interesting to “assume” that we will even be here at all. I could die tomorrow, or step in front of a bus as the saying goes.
We may not know what next May will bring, or even what tomorrow will bring. We don’t know what the national meeting will be like in late July; we don’t know anything about anything more than this moment! God did not say “I will be” or that “I was”. God did say “I AM” which as weird as that sounds to us today, it just speaks to me of a present moment God. Yesterday is forgiven, tomorrow isn’t here yet so we need not be anxious or worried! Enjoy the present, a real gift!
“There is a time for everything under the sun” says Ecclesiastes! And I would add there is a time for everything under the SON!!! There is a time for God to lead us, to walk beside us to encourage us, and a time for God to be behind us as the Lord catches us when we fall. God Bless you today, tomorrow and always!!!
Pastor Doug
Eric is our current Webmaster and works on the NLS Communications Team. Raised in Judaism, he found Christ and the New Testament at age 16 in a Southern Baptist Church. He searched many denominations for the real church, only to find the Holy Spirit is present in all of them. He's worked for One for Israel, a group of native Israeli believers who are sharing the gospel in the holy land in Hebrew and is part of the only Hebrew speaking seminary in Israel.
