
Now vs. Most
05/20/22 • 3 min
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I would like for you to hit the pause button on whatever you are doing right now as you read this and ask yourself a couple of questions. First, what is the most important thing in your life right now? And follow it up by asking what you are doing for that most important thing?
Even more humbling is the thought of what God will say about the way I spent my time and talents. Knowing that I will stand before Him after I take my last breath makes me wonder what I might be thinking as I take those last few breaths. Will I be looking back over my life and wish I had spent more time watching television? Will I be thinking about how I should have posted on Facebook or Instagram a little more? Maybe I’ll wonder why I didn’t spend more time in my personal hobbies.
The reality is that I know none of those things will be my regrets. Lonnie Jones has often asked us to consider “what we want now verses what we want most.” I let the “now” win way more times than I really should. On the day God calls me home I’m confident that the things that will matter are the things that don’t belong to this earth. I’ll be thinking about how I spent my life for God. I’ll be thinking about my family. I’ll be thinking about the people whom I love most. So, if that is what I’ll be thinking of then, that’s what I want most. And if that is what I want most then maybe I should focus on it now.
Links mentioned in this episode:
- http://www.benandtravis.com
- http://www.facebook.com/groups/benandtravis
- http://www.patreon.com/benandtravis
- Helping. Healing. Humor. with Ben and Travis: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/batify/id1457601152?mt=2&uo=4
- Reframing Hope: Our Journey through Cancer, Adoption, and Love https://www.amazon.com/Reframing-Hope-Travis-Creasy/dp/1956811273
This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm
Welcome again to Friday ReFresh brought to you by travisloveshaiti.com
I would like for you to hit the pause button on whatever you are doing right now as you read this and ask yourself a couple of questions. First, what is the most important thing in your life right now? And follow it up by asking what you are doing for that most important thing?
Even more humbling is the thought of what God will say about the way I spent my time and talents. Knowing that I will stand before Him after I take my last breath makes me wonder what I might be thinking as I take those last few breaths. Will I be looking back over my life and wish I had spent more time watching television? Will I be thinking about how I should have posted on Facebook or Instagram a little more? Maybe I’ll wonder why I didn’t spend more time in my personal hobbies.
The reality is that I know none of those things will be my regrets. Lonnie Jones has often asked us to consider “what we want now verses what we want most.” I let the “now” win way more times than I really should. On the day God calls me home I’m confident that the things that will matter are the things that don’t belong to this earth. I’ll be thinking about how I spent my life for God. I’ll be thinking about my family. I’ll be thinking about the people whom I love most. So, if that is what I’ll be thinking of then, that’s what I want most. And if that is what I want most then maybe I should focus on it now.
Links mentioned in this episode:
- http://www.benandtravis.com
- http://www.facebook.com/groups/benandtravis
- http://www.patreon.com/benandtravis
- Helping. Healing. Humor. with Ben and Travis: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/batify/id1457601152?mt=2&uo=4
- Reframing Hope: Our Journey through Cancer, Adoption, and Love https://www.amazon.com/Reframing-Hope-Travis-Creasy/dp/1956811273
This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm
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For most of us, Celebrities live their lives high on a pedestal. A perfect pedestal untouched by the concerns and difficulties of the normal person. However, the older I get the more I realize that this could not be farther from the truth. Some of my “heroes” of the silver screen and music industry have shown to have had personal battles that I may never know. Robin Williams and Chris Farley were comedy gold — but their death revealed that there was deep darkness that they struggled to overcome. Recently, the death of Naomi Judd—another celebrity that had impressed me with her abilities and her focus on family in song and personal life — has once again opened the discussion of depression. While there are certainly many factors to depression and anxiety, trauma is certainly a major contributor to many mental health concerns. So much so that there has been a significant amount of attention given towards Adverse Childhood Experiences and how these early negative events and trauma in the lives of children have resulted in major struggles later in life. So here is the point today: don’t let the traumas you have faced—whether early in life or late—fester into larger problems. Address those traumatic events with friends, ministers, counselors, or doctors. Don’t let those unresolved traumas eat away at your mental health. There are people who would absolutely love to help you. We love you... and there is an incredible God that made you in His image that loves you.
Links mentioned in this episode:
- http://www.benandtravis.com
- http://www.facebook.com/groups/benandtravis
- http://www.patreon.com/benandtravis
- Helping. Healing. Humor. with Ben and Travis: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/batify/id1457601152?mt=2&uo=4
This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm
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- http://www.benandtravis.com
- http://www.facebook.com/groups/benandtravis
- http://www.patreon.com/benandtravis
- Helping. Healing. Humor. with Ben and Travis: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/batify/id1457601152?mt=2&uo=4 *Reframing Hope: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1956811273/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1651888187&sr=8-2#
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