Now...Be In It
My daughters and a couple of friends came home one day laughing about a sign they had seen. It read simply “Life…Be In It!" Although as young adults they understood the meaning behind the slogan, it none-the-less struck them as humorously redundant, and touched off a barrage of puns that lasted for weeks. Later, as I was talking with a friend about the importance of living in the present rather than looking back at the past with regret, or the future with apprehension, I coined still another version of the slogan: "Now…Be In It!" Often we make the mistake of wasting the only time that is ever at our disposal – the present – by looking back at the past or straining to see into the future . Our conversations are laced with references to the good old days, or the what ifs. Jesus addressed this human tendency by stressing the importance of regarding life as now . To those distracted by the past He said: No one, having put his hand to the plow, and...