We have no need to worry or fret. One day at a time is all we are expected to live. I adore Elisabeth Elliot. She rates right up there with Cori Ten Boom and Mother Teresa. She endured much. In her suffering, she discovered peace in God's arms when her whole world fell apart.
When tragedy struck, she managed to plow through the grief and thrive. Her life, a testimony to the unwavering faithfulness of God. It will echo into many generations. It resonated in the jungle after her husband, James, was murdered by the people whose souls he longed to save. His death was tragic, but her response to the loss saved lives and added new names into The Lamb's Book of Life. She didn't quit. She became more fierce in the message and the mission.
I can't imaging her sorrow or the tears she must have cried when Jim died. Still, she persevered. She trusted the heart of God when his ways made no sense at all.
"The life of faith is lived one day at a time, and it has to be lived - not always looked forward to as thought the "real" living were around the next corner. It is today for which we are responsible. God still owns tomorrow." - Elisabeth Elliot (Dec 1926 - June 2015)
Her message still resonates today. Live this day! Live it fully and out loud. God still owns tomorrow. We must wait until He delivers it into our hands. At that point, we become responsible for what we choose to do with the precious gift of another day to live, laugh, love and serve.
"but you shall cling to the Lord your God just as you have done to this day" -Joshua 23:8
We don't know what tomorrow holds, but we can trust the hand that holds tomorrow.
Today, I am grateful God owns tomorrow.
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