Moments

A moment.  What makes a moment memorable?  Is it the sound of a voice or the words that are said?  Or is it perhaps, the feeling of belonging, that makes a moment?  The deep feeling that you are meant to discover this moment and share it with whomever you're with?  Whatever it is that composes a moment, it changes us.  It makes us or breaks us, it expands our horizons, and our hearts are somehow different.  People change over time because life is not just a continuous rat race, it is a series of snapshots; a series of moments that melt and reshape our very being.  When you live as though life never ceases, slows down, or you forget to capture the moment, life is a sad thing and you are to be pitied.  This world is not meant to go faster and faster in a whirlwind of busyness; even Jesus took time to spend with the children and a lone woman at a well.  He understood that those moments were precious, that those moments changed the lives of others.  You and I, we change the lives of others, both knowingly and unknowingly.  So let's make sure that those special times spent where we create a still-life, even just for a second, let's make those times matter.  Situations are merely ways in which we are able to draw closer to our Lord and learn to praise Him in both the times of growth and the times of drought.  Enjoy the good moments as well as the bad, because you'll never know all that you're missing until you enjoy where you are, in this instant.  This very second is to be forever petrified in a memory; don't miss out on the chance to delight in a moment.