In A Single Moment

I realize that life is full of little moments all put together in a great collaboration. My life is not defined by a single moment for sure. It can be changed in a single moment. I know lots of people whose lives were changed in a single moment. I remember hearing that my son has cancer and how that changed my life. I remember the night when an accident took a young boys life. I remember the moments when I learned that my children were born. I remember the moment before the judge in Nicaragua when my youngest son officially took my name and became part of our family. I remember the moment when the space shuttle blew up at take off in 1986. I remember where I was when I first heard about a plane flying into a building in New York. There are all sorts of single moments that change everything. My life was forever changed when my first child was born. My life was changed when I said, “I do”! My life is changed daily as I keep saying yes to the Lord.

I have reading in Revelation this week about Babylon falling. There is a whole chapter dedicated to this event. I’m not sure if it’s a symbolic destruction or an actual one. When the announcement was made and John recorded it, it was big news. I’ve actually just let this one phrase: “in a single moment…” settle in on me. Check this out….

And all the captains of the merchant ships and their passengers and sailors and crews will stand at a distance. ¹⁸ They will cry out as they watch the smoke ascend, and they will say, “Where is there another city as great as this?” ¹⁹ And they will weep and throw dust on their heads to show their grief. And they will cry out,

“How terrible, how terrible for that great city!
    The ship owners became wealthy
    by transporting her great wealth on the seas.
In a single moment it is all gone.”(Revelation 18:17b-19 NLT)

I expect to have moments that keep happening in my life that shape and even define where I go from here. I know people who have destroyed their marriages and families with a choice. I do understand that some things appear to happen in a single moment are actually a bunch of “single moment” decisions made over time.

I want to be prepared for whatever “single moments” that come my way. I want to be holding the hand of the Lord no matter what moments reshape or change my life. I can only imagine some of the “single moments” and I try hard not to imagine some of them. I just know that change is going to keep happening. The Love that God has for me doesn’t change. His Grace and Mercies are new every morning. I’m going to stand with Him. I’m going to walk with Him. I’m going to reconnect with Him each morning. No matter what life throws at me in a single moment, I want to keep walking with Him.

Pressing On!

Dwayne