The Day of this Life
Larry Doyle Crenshaw
MeditationsInLight.blogspot.com
January 1, 2016 New Year’s Day, is a special day. Some of us will look forward into the new year
and set goals and resolutions. Some will
look backward into the old year and maybe even further back into other years reflecting
on special moments or seeking for answers to unresolved issues or unmet goals.
Regardless of our perspective, it is a truth that we only
have this one day – the day of this life in which we can actually perform our labors. We can and should plan for tomorrow, but we
cannot live there until tomorrow.
Yesterday’s allocation of time came and went. We can reflect on it, learn from it, but
neither can we live in it – only the day of this life is given to us to live, to
love, to learn, to forgive, to work and to serve.
For all of us, our days here are numbered and then we will
transition to another place for a while.
For some of us the number of days will be few. For others there will be many days
ahead. Still, there is only one day that
really counts – only one day that is of supreme importance. It is the day of
this life - today.
The first meditation of this new year reminds us that:
Today is the time in which we have to live
Tomorrow’s promise may never be attained
Today is the time to consecrate and give
Ourselves to God and all He has ordained
The Day of
this Life
For behold, this life is the time for men to prepare to meet God; yea, behold the day of this life is the day for men
to perform their labors. And now, as I
said unto you before, as ye have had so many witnesses, therefore, I beseech of
you that ye do not procrastinate the day of your repentance until the end; for
after this day of life, which is
given us to prepare for eternity, behold, if we do not improve our time while
in this life, then cometh the night
of darkness wherein there can be no labor performed.
Book of Mormon Alma
34:32-33
There is a day to perform our labor
And a time none can be performed
It is the day of this life we must savor
As prophetic witnesses have informed
If we don’t improve in the day of this life
Then cometh the night when it’s too late
To overcome our tribulations and strife
And we succumb to our troubles and fate
This is a day not to postpone or procrastinate
Repentance until the end when time is no more
The day of this life is the day to celebrate
Preparations for eternity and all it has in store
Today is the time in which we have to live
Tomorrow’s promise may never be attained
Today is the time to consecrate and give
Ourselves to God and all He has ordained
Larry Doyle Crenshaw
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