ARE YOU HERE FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS???

How many times have we said, or heard others say, "Manana. I'll do it tomorrow." Sometimes people put off doing today what they know or want to do because they don't think they know enough or can perform well enough. The fact is, there is no "magic age" at which excellence emerges or quality surfaces.

Thomas Jefferson was 33 when he drafted the Declaration of Independence. Benjamin Franklin was 26 when he wrote Poor Richard's Almanac. Charles Dickens was 24 when he began his Pickwick Papers and 25 when he wrote Oliver Twist. Isaac Newton was 24 when he formulated the law of gravitation.

A second danger is to think that creativity and invention belong to the young. This is equally untrue! Emmanuel Kant wrote his finest philosophical works at age 74. Verdi at 80 produced Falstaff and at 85, Ave Maria. Goethe was 80 when he completed Faust. Tennyson was 80 when he wrote Crossing The Bar and Michelangelo completed his greatest work at 87. At 90, Justice Holmes was still writing brilliant Supreme Court opinions.

Seize the day! Redeem the "NOW" moments of your life. The moment you wait for may never arrive. The moment once past will never return.
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I have always loved the book of Esther. It is the story of a young girl who becomes Queen. In doing so, she uses this opportunity to save her people from destruction.

The verse that has had such a impact on my life is Esther 4:14

FOR IF THOU ALTOGETHER HOLDEST THY PEACE AT THIS TIME, THEN SHALL THERE ENLARGEMENT AND DELIVERANCE ARISE TO THE JEWS FROM AN OTHER PLACE; BUT THOU AND THY FATHER'S HOUSE SHALL BE DESTROYED: AND WHO KNOWETH WHETHER THOU ART COME TO THE KINGDOM FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS?

"And who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?" This question always makes me ask myself, "what is my purpose for being here at this time? Am I fulfilling that purpose?

It is always so easy to make up reasons or excuses for the things we are not doing. We are not smart enough, we are too shy, we are not in good enough health, we have too many others things to do, someone else will do it if I do not do it, and besides they will be better at doing it, I will do it tomorrow, etc. We all have our reasons and excuses for not trying in this life. There will be things that do not get done because in God's plan of things it was something he meant for us to do. Oh, he could have had someone else do it but He wanted you or me.

Maybe, just maybe we are here for just such a time. Do we look around at the people who we come in contact with each day and wonder why they are there at this particular time? Do you ever wonder why exactly you are in the place you are in today doing the things you are doing? God has a purpose and a plan for each of our lives . Are we doing the best we can to seek His will in all areas of our lives to make sure we are doing those things that He would have us to be doing. Has he placed a burden on your heart for other things to do? Write a book, help the person next door, teach a child, visit the sick, witness to that lost person who you run into at the grocery store or the doctor's office. Teach your children to be kind and thoughtful to others. You be the one to tell them about Jesus and His great love for them and what He did for them on the cross, etc. What is that one thing that has come to your mind while reading this post? Use your life daily to make life better for those around you. Make a difference in this life. For you are here for such a time as this.

We can't all be authors of great books, president, Queens, great Poets, etc., but we can be the very best we can be as Wives, Mothers, daughters, sisters, friends. God put us into the families we are in for a reason. He put us into the circle of friends we have for a reason. Let search for those reasons and be all that we can be in this life that God so freely gave to us. God bless you each as you give some thought today about the reasons why you feel God has put you into the place you are in today and how you can better do all the things that you do in that very special place. connie