by Brandy Webb

Do you ever say, “next year I’m going to do…. Or tomorrow I will do…”?  I do a lot.  I think it is just engraved in us to live forever.  Therefore, we plan, sometimes years in advance, of what we “will do.”  However, life is unexpected.  We honestly have no idea what we are going to do tomorrow, let alone years from now.  I believe that is why James tells us not to say what we are going to do tomorrow because we “do not even know what will happen tomorrow!  What is [our] life?  [We] are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes” (James 4:13-14).  This may seem like a depressing truth statement, but it actually should be eye-opening.  Since we do not know what tomorrow will bring, don’t take today for granted.   Continue reading →