Days are long.
I think we take days as the simple twenty-four hours that it is. This doesn’t mean that days are more or less than that but it means that we think that days are unimportant so we treat them with levity. We undervalue them greatly and their subsequent impact.
Pastor Ayo Ajani mentioned earlier this year that “Your year is only as valuable as your day.” In essence, anything that happens in your day makes up your year and the outcome of what your year is.
Not only is your day the culmination of your life or the sum of what your life will be but it is what we are. It is the summation of our habits, thoughts and our desires to fight for ourselves or our lack thereof. We think of days as so temporary and short. They’re much longer than that and I realised that today; today being the 2nd of February.
I realised that I had listened to a sermon the day before and I hadn’t listened to one today and it seemed so long ago. It seemed so far away and distant even though it was only yesterday. I had already missed the feeling of comfort found in a sermon and the revelation knowledge and answers I was getting.
Days are long.
This means that talking to God every minute of the day in my heart and thoughts and when I remember should never be an action of hesitance or delay. The days are too short because they go by so quickly but they’re also too long that I may forget the beauty of yesterday. So, I must cash in on the opportunity to use every chance I get to commune and fellowship with God.
I’m always texting my sisters and calling them, sending reels and spending hours on TikTok but when I remember Jesus those three times throughout my day, I hesitate and deny myself the opportunity to joke around, laugh or be serious with God. I want that kind of relationship with God.
What’s holding you back?
I’ll tell you what has been holding me back. I’ve been thinking that the next day will come and I will be able to do it tomorrow and when tomorrow comes, I leave it again till another tomorrow when I can do it today.
I’m going to start talking to God and treating our relationship like tomorrow is unsure because I only have now right now in this present moment and I refuse to keep wasting it.
🫶🏼 things I’m learning:
A new word is astute. It means sharp and can be used like this, “That’s an astute observation you just made.”
Listening to the Holy Spirit is a skill. Honing that skill doesn’t come easy.
I will never stop loving my quality time with my siblings.