Eyes Upon Jesus

Keep Me In the Moment

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Summers pass slowly here in the deep south. I often look at the forecast to see when we’ll get to experience fall weather before winter comes. It’s always “next week”. The weeks come and go, and I’m still wiping sweat off my brow while looking forward to “next week”. If I continue this trend, I’ll spend my entire November 2024 waiting for December.

Retail stores don’t help. According to them, Christmas begins in October. Now that it’s November, Santa is officially on his way.

Can we slow it down a little bit? I don’t want to think about years from now while I’m just trying to enjoy this day.

Years from now, I’ll miss the life I have right now. I’ll miss watching my son ride his bike with his friends, and I’ll look back on this time living with my in-laws and think how lucky we were to have that time with them. I don’t want to look back with regret because I didn’t take in each moment.

The fall weather will be here whenever it gets here. There’s plenty to enjoy having an extended summer:

My fall vegetables are given more time to take root, and I can still enjoy my warm season fruits.

I can still watch butterflies flit around bright flowers, pollinating my garden.

Most importantly, my summer tan lives on.

I’m going to take in all I can in the season I’m in now, and I hope to be doing the same years from now.

Songs that inspire me to live in the moment:

“Life’s too short just to like it, so you better get to loving this living before it’s gone.”
“Let’s slow it down and raise a glass ’cause these are the days that we’ll want back.”
“Oh, Lord, keep me in the moment. Help me live with my eyes wide open ’cause I don’t want to miss what You have for me.”
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What will your life be like in three years?
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About Me

My name is Nikki. I’m a suburban transplant who now lives a quiet life where morning light spills over pastures and the scent of cow manure fills the air. Between taking care of the home, tending to animals, and nurturing my garden, I’m learning over and over again to lift my eyes up and let God’s grace take over.

Here, I write about the beauty and ache of the everyday moments and ordinary days, about faith that takes root, and about a Savior who meets us in both the noise and the stillness. My prayers is that each story or reflection will point to Jesus so that you, dear reader, will find Him in the middle of your own everyday and ordinary moments.

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