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One Moment In Time
The other day I was listening to some music when the Whitney Houston song, "One Moment In Time", started playing. This song was written for the 1988 Olympics, and it is definitely a very inspirational song. If you're like me, it conjures up images of standing up on some big stage, or podium, accepting accolades for some great achievement you've accomplished.
And isn't that what we all want? A moment in the spot light, recognition for what we've done. As Whitney Houston says:
"Give me one moment in time
When I'm more than I thought I could be
When all of my dreams are a heartbeat away
And the answers are all up to me"
But then I started thinking about it. As I listened to the song, I realized it doesn't say anything about public recognition. It talks about personal satisfaction, and working your hardest, striving to reach your goal. In the songs case, the goal is yet to be reached:
"My finest day
Is yet unknown"
So let's go back to the beginning of the song. The song starts out:
"Each day I live
I want to be
A day to give
The best of me"
The bottom line is, we really don't have to be Olympic champions, or do anything that brings us wide public recognition. What the song calls us to do, is to be the best we can be each and every day. And, that is also what God calls us to be.
And then I thought a little more. That "one moment in time, When I'm more than I thought I could be," I've already lived it, and more than once. In fact, many times. Some stand out more than others. Among them, the day I was married, and when my children were born. For on each of these days, I was given a gift from God that made me not just more than I thought I could be, but more than I ever could have been without them.
So what are the other days in my life that I count as such great moments? None measure up to my wedding day, or the birth of my children. But yet, they were still days, that through God's Grace, I became something greater than I could have ever dreamed.
And, as for the future, each and every day can, and should, be one of these moments in time. The key is not just to strive to be your best, but to look around, and recognize what God has given you. The last verse of the song sums it up:
"You're a winner for a lifetime
If you seize that one moment in time
Make it shine"
So today, and every day, we should strive to be the best we can be. And, we should look around and recognize the many graces God has blessed us with. Sieze the moment, and we will have not just that one moment in time, but every moment in time.
And isn't that what we all want? A moment in the spot light, recognition for what we've done. As Whitney Houston says:
"Give me one moment in time
When I'm more than I thought I could be
When all of my dreams are a heartbeat away
And the answers are all up to me"
But then I started thinking about it. As I listened to the song, I realized it doesn't say anything about public recognition. It talks about personal satisfaction, and working your hardest, striving to reach your goal. In the songs case, the goal is yet to be reached:
"My finest day
Is yet unknown"
So let's go back to the beginning of the song. The song starts out:
"Each day I live
I want to be
A day to give
The best of me"
The bottom line is, we really don't have to be Olympic champions, or do anything that brings us wide public recognition. What the song calls us to do, is to be the best we can be each and every day. And, that is also what God calls us to be.
And then I thought a little more. That "one moment in time, When I'm more than I thought I could be," I've already lived it, and more than once. In fact, many times. Some stand out more than others. Among them, the day I was married, and when my children were born. For on each of these days, I was given a gift from God that made me not just more than I thought I could be, but more than I ever could have been without them.
So what are the other days in my life that I count as such great moments? None measure up to my wedding day, or the birth of my children. But yet, they were still days, that through God's Grace, I became something greater than I could have ever dreamed.
And, as for the future, each and every day can, and should, be one of these moments in time. The key is not just to strive to be your best, but to look around, and recognize what God has given you. The last verse of the song sums it up:
"You're a winner for a lifetime
If you seize that one moment in time
Make it shine"
So today, and every day, we should strive to be the best we can be. And, we should look around and recognize the many graces God has blessed us with. Sieze the moment, and we will have not just that one moment in time, but every moment in time.
