I was listening to this song Miracle of the Moment on my Windows Media Player and I thought about a question that Gabe both shared and blogged about recently.
If you could travel back into time, would you change anything?
My initial answer was of course! I would go back and reverse some of the foolish mistakes I’ve made. Maybe even warn the then me to avoid the pitfalls I’ve fallen into. Gabe however pointed out that those circumstances shaped me to be the person I am now. I couldn’t accept his reasoning. For me, it is better to avoid the hurts, sorrows and pains and fill them with the good memories. Who knows it might made me a better person than I am now. (This is a perfectionist’s thought :p)
Today however I had a different perspective. I took a quick tour into my past – the downs, the unhappy moments, the painful moments and for a short glimpse I saw how those memories became gems in my life… but that’s if I stop holding them too tightly in my heart. As I let them go piece by piece and placed it in God’s hand, they began to sparkle, lighting my way ahead instead of hurting me.
I felt somewhat liberated today… free to let go of the past follies, free to forgive, free to put less importance in what people may say or think about me, free to laugh and maybe tear a little.
Maybe I’m in the process of healing.
Maybe it’s time for letting go.
Steven Curtis Chapman
Miracle Of The Moment
It’s time for letting go
All of our “if onlies”
Cause we don’t have a time machine
And even if we did
Would we really want to use it
Would we really want to go change everything
Cause we are who and where and what we are for now
And this is the only moment we can do anything about
So breathe it in and breathe it out
And listen to your heartbeat
There’s a wonder in the here and now
It’s right there in front of you
And I don’t want you to miss the miracle of the moment
There’s only One who knows
What’s really out there waiting
And all the moments yet to be
And all we need to know
Is He’s out there waiting
To Him the future’s history
And He has given us a treasure called right now
And this is the only moment we can do anything about
So breathe it in and breathe it out
And listen to your heartbeat
There’s a wonder in the here and now
It’s right there in front of you
And I don’t want you to miss the miracle of the moment
And if it brings you tears
Then taste them as they fall
Let them soften your heart
And if it brings you laughter
Then throw your head back
And let it go
Let it go, yeah
You gotta let it go
And listen to your heartbeat
And breathe it in and breathe it out
And listen to your heartbeat
There’s a wonder in the here and now
It’s right there in front of you
And I don’t want you to miss the miracle of the moment
And breathe it in and breathe it out
And listen to your heartbeat
There’s a wonder in the here and now (here and now)
It’s right there in front of you
And I don’t want you to miss the miracle
Of the moment
