In speaking of the “bread of life,” Jesus calls it our daily bread. The reason for this is very fundamental—our contact with God must be a living one. It is our momentary attitude that governs our being.
…behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation(2 Corinthians 6:2).
The most futile thing in the world is to seek to live upon a past realization. The thing that means spiritual life to you is your realization of God here and now.
Be thankful for yesterday’s experience, knowing that it is with you forever in the change of consciousness that it brought about, but do not lean upon it for a single moment for the need of today. The manna in the desert is the Old Testament prototype of this daily nourishment. The people wandering in the wilderness were told that they would be supplied with manna from heaven every day but they were on no account to try to save it up for the morrow. When, notwithstanding the rule, some of them did try to live upon yesterday’s food, the result was pestilence or death.
So it is it us. The art of life is to live in the present moment, and to make that moment as perfect as we can by the realization that we are the instruments and expression of God Himself.
What a wonderful blessing it is to be able to live in the present. Free from past guilt and future anxiety, we can live in a forgiven and hopeful present, regardless of the outer circumstances of our lives. With this freedom comes the responsibility to make each present moment one of joy and gladness in communion with God and God’s children. If we waste these moments with anger, doubt or fear, then we have abrogated our call to live in faith and grace for that moment.
So today, let us govern our attitudes is response to God’s desire for our best good. Let us be the loving, hopeful and enthusiastic gardeners that God created us to be. Let us treasure every moment as a non-recurring gift that can not be repeated or stored away for a rainy day. Let us spend each moment as if it were our last. Then we will find ourselves in the Eden God meant for us to have here below.
Being today,
Z gardener
This comment from a brother gardener. Thanks, Z.
“Let us be the loving, hopeful and enthusiastic gardeners that God created us to be.”
Bravo!
And make a fresh pot of coffee to go with that bread. (-: