Time is Ticking Away

Sorry for not creating a post for so long. I've been kinda busy. You see, my future high school decided to give too much summer homework, and I finally stopped procrastinating starting on it, hence less time to post. I've also just sorta forgot to post. Again, sorry for delaying posting.

I have realized something lately: my life is passing by as fast as it always has whether or not I choose to notice that it is. I noticed this after realizing that next election year, I will be voting for president (or am old enough to at least). I view that as a very scary thought. It's not that I don't want to be 18, it's that when I turn 18, I can no longer go back to being younger than 18. I can no longer be viewed as a high schooler. I can no longer just be a student in school. That causes me to want to enjoy my time in high school and not treat it as something I want to end, though I still may take that point of view sometimes while attempting to complete homework. I need to choose to appreaciate the time that God has given me on this earth. One song that just happened to come to mind as I write this is "Next Five Minutes" by Steven Curtis Chapman. The lyrics are below:

I can reminisce about the already
I can worry and fret about the not yet
but when it all comes down I know it really
really all comes down to the right now
So right now...

I'm living the next five minutes
like these are my last five minutes
'cause I know the next five minutes
may be all I have
and after the nextr five minutes
turn into the last five minutes
I'm taking the next five minutes
and starting all over again
starting all over again

every moment God is giving is precious
every heartbeat, every breath I take
we'll never have them back once they've left us
there will never be anohter right now
so right now... [back to chorus]

this is the day
this is the hour
this is the moment the Lord has made

That song really makes me want to live for right now, to live for today, and not worry about what will take place tomorrow, for tomorrow will be a new day. I need to accept each moment as a moment that God has given me. Now I know that it won't be easy, but that doesn't mean that it's impossible. God is good all the time, and all the time God is good.

†God Bless†
Bria