“When” Thinking

TODAY I AM PERFECT IN MIND AND BODY. TODAY MY AFFAIRS ARE IN PERFECT ORDER. NOW IS THE ACCEPTABLE TIME!

How much of your life do you spend living in the past or future? Do you frequently make such expressions as, “Before I was married,” “Before the children were born,” “When I lived at home with my parents,” “ “When I was in college…” Or does your thinking point in the other direction? “When the children are grown,” “When I retire,” “When this house is paid for,” “When we can afford it…” Are statements such as these the milestones of your thinking?

Our mental and physical energy is wasted on these types of thoughts. We cannot return to the past. It is over and done with. We cannot know the future; it is not ours to control. Mistakes and problems of yesterday are lessons learned that should make our lives today better. Each day has its own peculiar problems and each has its own compensations.

Jesus gave us the incentive to live in the now, not in the past or the future. To the repentant thief on the cross His promise was, “Today you will be with me in Paradise.” Jesus told His followers: “I am the way,” “I am the resurrection,” “I am the good shepherd”—not, “I’m going to be” or “I shall prepare to be,” but “I AM.” So it should be with us. Today are we the children of God. Now is the acceptable time. Today you are perfect in mind and body. Today your affairs are in good order. These things you must believe, and what you truly believe in your heart will be manifested in your life.

I am the Good Shepherd, and I know My own, and My own know Me. (John 10:14)

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