If I had but a single day,
Where would I go ? What would I say?
How would I choose my time to spend?
What would I do before day’s end.
If I only had one day?
If I had but a single day,
Would I relive some yesterday?
Would I recall all my regrets,
The jobs undone, the useless frets,
If I only had one day?
If I had but a single day,
Would fear of some tomorrow play
Upon my mind and steal from me
The present opportunity,
If I only had one day?
If I had but a single day,
Would labor claim my night and day?
Would every waking moment be
Consumed to grasp prosperity,
If I only had one day?
If I had but a single day,
Would I sit back from all the fray
And wait for someone else to take
Initiative to make it great,
If I only had one day.
If I had but a single day,
Would I find time to kneel and pray?
Would kindness, love, and charity
Toward others take priority
If I only had one day.
Indeed, I have a single day.
I can’t recover yesterday.
Tomorrow is beyond my grasp.
I can’t control future or past.
For I only have this day.
— author unknown
My prayer is that I and all of us who call ourselves followers of Jesus would not waste any more time and see the priority of living each day as “small Christs” and not get caught up in our own little kingdoms.
Be well,
Steve
